Re: Last stream problem: byte order

[Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr>]

"Dr. Michael Paus" <paus@ib-paus.com> writes:

> Please correct me if I am wrong but as far as I remember the data produced by
> this implementation is not compatibel with other languages like, e.g. Java.
> It uses an XDR encoding for the data which was invented by SUN in the late
> 80s for their RPC stuff but does not seem to be used in more recent designs

Right it is an XDR encoding.

> like, e.g. Java. It also produces a significant overhead compared to a
> solution which just swaps some bytes.

Agreed.

> I also wonder how the original poster would get this XDR
> encoding into his C++ framework. (I don't say it's not possible. It's just a
> question whether it's worth the effort).

Don't know.

Pascal.

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