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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,f25e636d6b770960
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-26 11:25:13 PST
Path:
archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail
From: Pascal Obry
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Last stream problem: byte order
Date: 26 Mar 2002 20:25:12 +0100
Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry
Message-ID:
References:
<3CA04CA6.338B37D7@ib-paus.com>
<3CA0BD31.ECE7528E@ib-paus.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-2-168.abo.wanadoo.fr
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1017170712 23487 217.128.15.168 (26 Mar 2002 19:25:12 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr
NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Mar 2002 19:25:12 GMT
User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1.90
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21693
Date: 2002-03-26T19:25:12+00:00
List-Id:
"Dr. Michael Paus" 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.
--
--|------------------------------------------------------
--| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member
--| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE
--|------------------------------------------------------
--| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry
--|
--| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"