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to: Paul Edwards
from: andrew clarke
date: 1996-10-07 16:26:04
subject: Auto string-length determination

04 Oct 96 11:13, Paul Edwards wrote to andrew clarke:

 ac>> sizeof(char) == 1 [byte] on all platforms.

 > Depends on what you call a byte.

"Byte --- the unit of data storage in the execution environment large
enough to hold any member of the basic character set of the execution
environment."
 - ANSI C draft specification

Regards
Andrew

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