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Did *nix, or C under any other OS, ever run on a machine with a non-binary word size, like 12, 18 or 36 bits? Such as DEC-10 / DEC-20 or Univac 1100 series. I never heard of any, but I'd expect that it was done. Univac could either operate with 6 bit FIELDATA bytes or 9 bit bytes. DEC put five 7 bit bytes into each word, with one bit to spare.

If C was run on such machines, how was char handled? Enforcing 8 bits, making the strings incompatible with other programming languages? Or did C surrender to 6 or 7 bit bytes? If they stuck to 8 bits, did each word on a 36 bit machine have 4 bits to spare? (2 bits on an 18 bit machine) Or did they fit 4.5 char a word - 9 char per two words? (On Univac, you could address 6 or 9 bit bytes semi-directly, using string instructions, without the need for shifting and masking.)

By old definition, both architectures had a char size of one byte. The old understanding of 'byte' was the space required to store a single character; it could vary from 5 bits (Baudot code) to at least 9 (Univac and others) bits. Lots of international standards (developed outside of internet environments!) use the term 'octet' for 8 bits to avoid confusion with non-binary word/byte sizes.
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