July 1, 2003
8 a.m.
In article <3F0134E4.10907@lemburg.com>, M.-A. Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com> writes ......
characters map to 8 bits == 1 byte and it's rather unlikely that a C compiler will use a different mapping any time soon.
that's what I thought, but it's wise to be sure, and though I suppose there are few Pdp-18's or CDC 6000's running these days, it doesn't seem unreasonable given the changes over the last 20 years that unicode of 16/32 bits might become more acceptable as a 'char unit'. -- Robin Becker