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From: mf@ircam.fr (Michel Fingerhut)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Sun (etc) ieee -> DS ieee
Message-ID: <1990Nov24.201244.7225@ircam.fr>
Date: 24 Nov 90 20:12:44 GMT
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Use xdr - library routines for external data representation.
From the man page:

     These routines allow C  programmers  to  describe  arbitrary
     data  structures in a machine-independent fashion.  Data for
     remote procedure calls are transmitted using these routines.