I think you are being nitpicky here. When most people say "I write in C", they don't mean abstract ISO C standard, with the possibility of CHAR_BIT=9. They mea

I think you are being nitpicky here. When most people say "I write in C", they don't mean abstract ISO C standard, with the possibility of CHAR_BIT=9. They mean "C for my machine" - so C with compiler extensions, assumptions about memory model, and yes, occasional inline assembly.