Re: Brian Kernighan, maybe I'm not worthy, maybe I'm scum

spinoza1111 said:

On Dec 30, 4:14 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Malcolm McLean said:

The identity of char and byte, with hindsight, was a mistake.

I'm not convinced, Malcolm. What makes you think it's a mistake?

3000 Chinese characters minimum needed to read the People's Daily, for
starters.

The C language places no upper limit on the size of a byte. Your reply is
predicated on the false assumption that bytes are required to be precisely
eight bits wide.

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