Technical nit: POSIX defines CHAR_BIT == 8 and on hardware where CHAR_BIT can be 16, 32 the alternative is to generate a lot of assembly (or just not work) to a

Technical nit: POSIX defines CHAR_BIT == 8 and on hardware where CHAR_BIT can be 16, 32 the alternative is to generate a lot of assembly (or just not work) to access 8 bits at a time. In my opinion everyone should learn assembly in combination with a simple language to understand how a computer works.