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Subject: Re: byte alignment - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 15-May-84 14:27:00 EDT
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convex!graham    May 15 13:27:00 1984

The bit addressable fixed point on STRETCH was so slow that it was customary for
programmers to do address calculations in floating point!!

Marv Graham; ConVex Computer Corp. {allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!convex!graham