Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!ts From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: why do structs have different sizes across machines? Message-ID: <41012@cup.portal.com> Date: 7 Apr 91 13:03:22 GMT References: <1991Mar30.021653.6492@uvm.edu> <29358:Mar3120:21:2991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Mar31.210135.3722@athena.mit.edu> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 5 And don't forget about byte ordering differences between machines when trying to exchange binary data across networks (or tapes or disks or serial lines or whatever). Tim Smith