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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Portablity using structures and malloc - Help
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 03:39:05 EDT
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The answer is simple: malloc has been written by someone who knows
the hardware alignment constraints of the machine, and it returns
a pointer that is aligned for *any* use.

(If malloc has been written by someone who does NOT know the hardware
alignment constraints, complain.)
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