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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-15 10:27:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and pointers Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:16:39 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9leapp$f30$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <1ope7.5943$6R6.582900@news1.cableinet.net> <9ldto7$9pg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7A9D94.F34F65E@worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 997895801 15456 136.170.200.133 (15 Aug 2001 17:16:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Aug 2001 17:16:41 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11956 Date: 2001-08-15T17:16:41+00:00 List-Id: True enough - and I did think about that case. But when you consider it for a minute and you realize that NNNN(segment) and NNNN(offset) are really no different than NNNN-NNNN (some integer) - then it is still a one dimensional array. Not unlike describing "the ones digit" and "the tens digit", etc. Segment/Offset was invented to enable bringing older architectures forward into larger address spaces and to possibly conserve some space and/or bus cycles. Its still just an integer. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "James Rogers" wrote in message news:3B7A9D94.F34F65E@worldnet.att.net... > > On many machines memory is one big array. This is not exactly true for > the old Intel machines that use a segmented memory model. In this case > memory is more like an array of arrays than a simple array. >