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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Oberon and Wirthian languages
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:26:46 -0500
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"Shark8" <OneWingedShark@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> So it's not unaddressed in Ada, but it is a little awkward; I think some
> of these could be helped by Ada 2012 aspects though [Size & Bit_Order on
> the component types]. (There's also the question of what happens when a
> component type of the opposite Bit_Order is included... that may be
> answered in the LRM, but I simply don't recall reading it.)

The RM definitely describes what happens in the alternative bit-order. 
Unfortunately, the description will probably give you a headache. All of the 
stuff about "machine scalars" relates to this subject. It's not an easy 
subject at all.

                              Randy.