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> Most people assume that a byte is 8-bits which isn't true.

It is worth remembering that POSIX (and Windows probably too) mandate 8bit chars so there is no point being defensive about it on these particular platforms. And I kid you not, I have seen people who are. Because "ISO C99 this and that".



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