From: Bob Stout 

On 19 Jan 2004 Roy.J..Tellason!1.270.615.0{at}filegate.net wrote:

>  JB> signed is the default for long int and short, why should char be
>  JB> the exception?
>
> Because a "char" is not a number.

Semantics - it's still a byte,

>  JB> OTOH I've never found signed chars more convenient than unsigned.
>
> Then I wonder why it's the default?

Consistency - the default for all other integer types is signed, so char
simply follows their lead.

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