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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,40c8d1d2d927ffd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-20 00:58:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Interoperability: differing storage units and/or endianess Date: 20 Feb 2004 03:56:08 -0500 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <9fb7e8e1.0402190429.49b37b16@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1077267380 49293 212.85.156.195 (20 Feb 2004 08:56:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:56:20 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5685 Date: 2004-02-20T03:56:08-05:00 Michael Paus writes: > Bibb Latting wrote: > > > Hi, I am working on a distributed application where the processors > > have differing storage unit sizes and/or endianess. My problem is how > > to handle the specification of memory contents and the delivery of > > data to applications with minimal variation between implementations. > > I'd like to know what solutions have worked well for others. > > And I'd like to know which currently used processors have a storage > unit size other than 8. Many DSPs use 16 bit words. -- -- Stephe