Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!mike From: mike@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike McNelly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: 835 word sizes and byte ordering. Message-ID: <5570209@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Date: 9 Jun 89 20:00:56 GMT References: Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co. Lines: 14 Get a copy of the HP-UX Portability Guide for HP 9000 Series 300 and 800 Computers, part number 98794-90046, for an extensive discussion of alignment and word sizes. There are other gotchas discussed that you might want to learn about if you use bit fields or non-portable consructs. The part number given above is for release 6.5 on Series 300 and 3.0 on Series 800. For the manual that reflects the release you have, talk to your HP sales rep. Alignment and word size have not changed in recent memory but newer releases do have additional programming aids to help portability which are discussed in the manual. Mike McNelly mike%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com