> People may wish to run code on "historical" systems, and someone may wish to create a 9-bit byte system for fun. I bet there will be then bigger problems wit

> People may wish to run code on "historical" systems, and someone may wish to create a 9-bit byte system for fun. I bet there will be then bigger problems with porting the code than assuming byte is 8 bit long if someone is creating a 9-bit system "for fun".