On Aug 1, 1:29 am, "JohnQ" <johnqREMOVETHISprogram...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> "Geo" <g...@remm.org> wrote in message

[...]
> > 'no padding or aligning allowed', would that be a
> > requirement, if so it ain't gonna be very portable !!!!

> It will be when hardware vendors get their acts together.

They have their acts together. It's you that don't seem to
understand.

> Until then, I'll just byte-align on WinTel

And pay an extremely high performance penalty for it. More than
a few applications can't afford that.

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