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From: cottrell@NBS-VMS.ARPA (COTTRELL, JAMES)
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Subject: Float:16
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 19:23:33 EDT
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/*
>	d) Using the comp_t code lets you keep the size of (struct acct)
>	to 32 bytes. It is moderately helpful that this size be a power of
>	2 so that the struct never cross disk buffer boundaries.

Having struxures be a power of two bytes in size is good for indexing
and display as well. I recommend it heartily.

	jim		cottrell@nbs
*/
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