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C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte

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182 points Twirrim | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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throwaway889900 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:18 UTC] No.41874794[source]▶
But how many bytes are there in a word?
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1. Taniwha ◴[18 Oct 24 00:34 UTC] No.41875260[source]▶
I've seen 6 8-bit characters/word (Burroughs large systems, they also support 8 6-bit characters/word)