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mort96
5 hours ago
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on: C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte
Every ISA I've ever used has used the term "word" to describe a 16- or 32-bit quantity, while having instructions to load and store individual bytes (8 bit quantities). I'm pretty sure you're straight up wrong here.
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