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Article #739Re: sizeof in 36-bits machines
From: Karl Heuer
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1989 01:51
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1989 01:51
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In article <272@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) writes:
>Assuming a 36-bit integer (e.g. DEC-10 :-) and 8-bit bytes...
No. Objects must be composed of bytes; if the word size is 36, the only valid
byte sizes are {9, 12, 18, 36}. In fact, this is an explicit example in the
Rationale document.
(An alternative would be to emulate a 32-bit implementation by always
discarding the upper four bits.)
Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint
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