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, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38ceb882eed41e1e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-01 07:51:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Size and pack Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:58:18 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9rrnuc$9ke$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9ff447f2.0110100005.2503bb00@posting.google.com> <3BC40DF2.9447F025@icn.siemens.de> <3bc41989.4285341@news.demon.co.uk> <5ee5b646.0110301750.38ba5bfd@posting.google.com> <9ff447f2.0110311758.2be52637@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1004626700 9870 136.170.200.133 (1 Nov 2001 14:58:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Nov 2001 14:58:20 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15543 Date: 2001-11-01T14:58:20+00:00 List-Id: It ought to be observed that it is not possible for any language to be 100% portable across all platforms and in all cases - ESPECIALLY once you start tinkering with machine specific things like data representations. Once you take off the pannel that is marked "Caution! No User Servicable Parts Inside." all bets are off. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Jeff Creem" wrote in message news:Hw2E7.163731$vq.40606082@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net... > > As for the "Standardization" troll comment..There are many things in the > standard > that are not directly specified or are specified in terms of dependencies on > the > host architecture. (Word size, etc).. This is not Java. There is no standard > Ada > virtual machine that forces all applications to run 5-30 times slower than > a native implementation (see I can troll too!). >