There were/are machines where the char size is not 8 bits, and the ints are not sized in powers of 2. These machines are now rare but I think they still exist.

There were/are machines where the char size is not 8 bits, and the ints are not sized in powers of 2. These machines are now rare but I think they still exist. This references some historical examples: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/12794/were-there-ever-12-24-48-etc-bit-processors https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/12794/wer...