[Dev-C++] Decrementing for loop problem

[Roger F. <ra...@ha...>]

Aloha from Honolulu,
    I have a little c program for studying bit operators.  I'm trying to 
print out a byte in binary form.  My first 'for' loop increments the 
index 'i' and works fine, but the number reads backwards.  I tried the 
same thing but with an index that is decremented 'x--', but the loop 
never executes.  Can anyone help?
Here is the program:

#include <stdio.h>         // for std::cout
struct bit_def {
		char	b0:1;
		char	b1:1;
		char	b2:1;
		char	b3:1;
		char	b4:1;
		char	b5:1;
		char	b6:1;
		char	b7:1;
};
union byte_def{
	struct bit_def bit;
	char	byte;
};

union byte_def test;
char bits[8];

void init01(char ch);

int main()
{
    int i,x;
    init01(0x25);	// Enter a byte size number to use.
    printf("test.byte & test.bit. b0 to b7:\n");
    printf("test.byte = 0x%X ",test.byte);
    printf("\n");
    for(i=0;i<8;i++)
       printf("%c",bits[i]);
    printf("\n");
    printf("Here we are entering the decrement loop...\n");
    for ( x = 8; x < 1; x-- ) // Why doesn't anything in the loop execute?
       printf("%c",bits[x-1]);
    printf("Here we are after the decrement loop.\n");
    printf("\n");
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

void init01(char ch)
{
    test.byte = ch;
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b0) bits[0]='1';
    else bits[0]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b1) bits[1]='1';
    else bits[1]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b2) bits[2]='1';
    else bits[2]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b3) bits[3]='1';
    else bits[3]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b4) bits[4]='1';
    else bits[4]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b5) bits[5]='1';
    else bits[5]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b6) bits[6]='1';
    else bits[6]='0';
    if(test.byte & test.bit.b7) bits[7]='1';
    else bits[7]='0';
}

Mahalo (Thank You),
Roger