From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Ada compiler differences
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:57:20 -0400
Date: 2004-10-21T16:57:20-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <NoVdd.55086$JG5.849379@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <+Lb8wu$Il5Pz@eisner.encompasserve.org>
Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> In article <YDwdd.53169$JG5.650210@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> writes:
>
>>Mark H Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <WSWcd.8$V_2.4@dfw-service2.ext.ray.com>, Mark H Johnson
>>>><mark_h_johnson@raytheon.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>[snip big endian TCP/IP example]
>>>
>>>
>>>>>That particular issue has nothing to do with Ada; you have the same
>>>>>problem with C or other languages.
>>>>
>>>>In particular, it has to do with the fact that TCP/IP was devised on
>>>>an ad-hoc basis rather than using an underlying marshalling technique
>>>>such as promoted by ASN.1.
>>
>>The marshalling technique required by ASN.1 requires that all hosts
>>do "marshalling", whereas big endian machines do not require it
>>at all (assuming size matches).
>
>
> And as someone who frequents little-endian machines, I can choose some
> non-IP protocol a more friendly (to me) one that was designed with no
> thought to endian portability.
But ASN.1 ain't it because you still have to marshall it. ;-)
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-21 20:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-18 12:47 Ada compiler differences Magnus
2004-10-18 14:01 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-10-18 18:31 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-10-18 19:55 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-19 20:52 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-10-20 1:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-18 21:03 ` Martin Dowie
2004-10-19 2:11 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-10-18 20:36 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-18 21:48 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-19 14:49 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-19 20:32 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-20 16:48 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-10-21 13:54 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-21 20:57 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2004-10-21 21:05 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-26 15:23 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-26 21:21 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-27 4:39 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-27 13:49 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-10-20 8:02 ` Rod Chapman
2004-10-21 13:55 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-10-22 8:13 ` Rod Chapman
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2004-10-20 1:32 Stephen Leake
2004-10-20 5:47 ` Simon Wright
2004-10-26 0:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-10-20 13:05 Stephen Leake
2004-10-20 17:17 ` Nick Roberts
2004-10-20 19:44 ` Simon Wright
2004-10-21 21:02 ` Nick Roberts
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