-=> Pascal Schmidt wrote to Roy J. Tellason <=-

 RJT> Because a "char" is not a number.
 PS> It is. You can add chars just like you can add ints. It's
 PS> just like short, a variant of int with less bits.

In another way, it's just a byte, and it can contain the numbers from
0..255.

In most programs there is a typedef char byte;

:)

Bo


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