C is peculiar in that it mkaes a point not to define the size of data types.
Didn't make a point. Since ISO C 1999, there are new data types defined in stdint.h:
8-bit: int8_t uint8_t 16-bit: int16_t uint16_t 32-bit: int32_t uint32_t 64-bit: int64_t uint64_t
Read about it at:
http://embedded.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=17300092
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