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,daaf4964abae8ea7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-23 15:57:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newshub.sdsu.edu!newspeer.cts.com!galanthis.cts.com!127.0.0.1.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Sender: kst@king.cts.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada And Alternate System Architectures References: <3B8528F1.7B664D21@lmtas.lmco.com> <9m3h4n$onh$1@news.online-isp.com> From: Keith Thompson Date: 23 Aug 2001 15:57:17 -0700 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.68.192.180 X-Trace: 998607437 nntp.cts.com 23786 209.68.192.180 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12363 Date: 2001-08-23T15:57:17-07:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" writes: [...] > Types like Character and Stream_Element can have any size appropriate to > the hardware. The main problem is importing and exporting data created > in such formats. Well, Character has to support at least 256 values (128 in Ada 83), so it can't be a 6-bit type. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Cxiuj via bazo apartenas ni.