From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f6aa,76b1fcc14e8dced X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6aa,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9c309a1859318a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,76b1fcc14e8dced X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,8b6c45fbebd7d3b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 114917,76b1fcc14e8dced X-Google-Attributes: gid114917,public From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby) Subject: Re: HELP ! need to insert value in array !! Date: 1997/07/10 Message-ID: <868535731snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 255947745 References: <33A9C27C.22F7@post4.tele.dk> <5oci49$97g@crl.crl.com> <1997Jul7.091353.28784@indyvax.iupui.edu> X-Mail2News-User: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk X-Mail2News-Path: genesis.demon.co.uk Organization: none Reply-To: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu "Robert Dewar" writes: >So let's get back to the original thread here, what I said turns >out to be exactly right. The normal format for strings on this machine was 5x7 > with one bit lweft over, and there was hardware support for this format. (I >did not say it was the only format supported, just that there was hardware > support >for this format and that it was naturally supported in the hardware) > >Now back to the original point, given that --- how would you map ANSI C, given >the claims that have been made (actually I can't find real justification >for these claims in the ANSI standeard, and neither can Ritchie) char types in C must be at least 8 bits wide so a 5*7 format fails at that point. You would probably use a 4*9 format (which is also naturally supported by the hardware). -- ----------------------------------------- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com -----------------------------------------