Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT> I still think there's something odd about the concept of a 
 RJT> "signed char",  and I particularly think it's odd that it's in
 RJT> some cases the default..

 JB> signed is the default for long int and short, why should char be
 JB> the exception?

Because a "char" is not a number.

 JB> OTOH I've never found signed chars more convenient than unsigned.

Then I wonder why it's the default?

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