[Python-3000] sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(long)

[Greg Ewing]

Adam Olsen wrote:

> Sure, *now*, but C inherited their definition from a day when it
> wasn't so clear cut.  It may be obsolete today, but good luck getting
> them to change the standard.

I'm not really expecting the standard to be changed. But
I do think it's silly for a modern C implementation for
a modern CPU to take the letter of the C standard as
implying that they have to use the word "byte" as though
it meant something other than 8 bits. In the present
day, that can only lead to confusion.

-- 
Greg