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

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288 points Twirrim | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.272s | 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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o11c ◴[17 Oct 24 23:18 UTC] No.41874796[source]▶
If you're on x86, the answer can be simultaneously 16, 32, and 64.
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EasyMark ◴[18 Oct 24 03:20 UTC] No.41876081[source]▶
Don’t you mean 2,4, and 8?
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1. o11c ◴[18 Oct 24 06:36 UTC] No.41876883[source]▶
Bits, bytes, whatever.