Re: Various Language Architecture Questions

[Maciej Sobczak <no.spam@no.spam.com>]

frankgerlach@gmail.com wrote:

> Whatabout the following examples:
> 1.) Simple,unportabe Network Data Transport: To transport a C struct, I
> just cast it to char* and then write sizeof(myStruct) bytes to the
> Socket. This is very fast and works in a homogeneous network.

I guess that the time spent on the protocol stack and in all the network 
equipment is much bigger than what is needed to construct a correct 
packet, so being "fast" here is just a premature optimization.
Sending C structs by pointer+sizeof is asking for trouble, even if you 
accept it to be non-portable. I prefer careful packet composition.


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