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,febd9e55846c9556 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-28 15:15:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Endianness independance Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:26:13 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b5.34 X-Server-Date: 28 Feb 2003 23:14:59 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34744 Date: 2003-02-28T23:14:59+00:00 List-Id: This isn't really the proper domain for a programming language. There are too many machine architectures, communication mechanisms and data representations out there for a language to try to standardize them all. The language wants to be targetable to a multitude of hardware, so it has to be abstracted from underlying representation. By picking one form of endianness over another or one form of floating point representation over another or whatever other possible representations one might select, it would be ruling out use of the language on a whole range of equipment. This isn't really the place one tries to create interoperability. Realistically, the answer is to assess the communications mechanisms needed, establish a clearly defined protocol & representation and then build your software to deal with that. Ada can be very good at handling the representation selected, but it really can't define the representation for you. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "Going cold turkey isn't as delicious as it sounds." -- H. Simpson ====================================================================== wrote in message news:mailman.6.1046445067.1343.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > ... > One big step towards interoperability and portability could be > Endian-Portable record representation. > > Does someone knows if Norman H. Cohen proposal for Endian-Portable record > representation clauses is examined within language revision? > > Lionel Draghi.