They were making it all up as they went along at a time when computers had 8, 12...

		TheOtherHobbes 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C isn't a programming language anymore (2022) They were making it all up as they went along at a time when computers had 8, 12, 16, 18, 32, and 36 bit word lengths.