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From: Geert Bosch <geert@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl>
Subject: Re: Boolean array representation question
Date: 1997/11/23
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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