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From: Geert Bosch <geert@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl>
Subject: Re: Boolean array representation question
Date: 1997/11/23
Date: 1997-11-23T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6580q9$4p1$1@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mheaney-ya023680002211970030030001@news.ni.net


Matthew Heaney <mheaney@ni.net> wrote:

   To pack the components in contiguous bits by default would mean that it
   takes a lot longer to access each component (on an architecture in which
   each bit isn't independently addressable).

This still misses the point, I'm afraid. Components of an array
(unpacked) must be independently addressable, so different elements
of the same array can be concurrently accessed without one task
affecting the other.

Regards,
   Geert




  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-11-23  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-11-20  0:00 Boolean array representation question Jerry van Dijk
1997-11-20  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-11-21  0:00 ` John P. Lippiello
1997-11-22  0:00   ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-11-22  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-11-22  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-23  0:00       ` Geert Bosch [this message]
1997-11-24  0:00         ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-11-24  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1997-11-22  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
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