Subject: Re: Q: signed vs unsigned char, PPC vs x86 gcc 3.3.5 compiler differences

From: "Christopher Friesen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:07:12 -0600

Bob Brose wrote:

> Does this mean the char in x86 is signed and in PPC it's unsigned?
> Has it always been thus?

 From K+R:

"Whether plain chars are signed or unsigned is machine-dependent, but 
printable characters are always positive."

Chris