I agree that, while inefficient, there's no reason why a 'C' compiler couldn't handle arrays of bits. Pointers to bits would also be cumbersome but not impossible.

If the programmer really *needs* to do that then it's just a question of whether or not he's going to code a work-around or if the compiler will do the dirty work for him. In the case of many 'C' programmers I wouldn't be surprised if the 'C' compiler's library could do it more efficiently than the programmer writing the same code in 'C'.

That said, everyone should use assembler! :)

Craig Steiner