The one and only objection to C

[Eugene D. Brooks III]

> I love C. I think it's by far the best compiler based language that has ever
> been produced.
> 
> I only have minor complaint:
> why in the world does most C compilers insist on padding structures?
> 
> I am currently working on a network driver that needs to handle a data
> packet that has a precise structure to it. It's easy to describe the
> structure in C, but if the compiler puts in padding between fields, I can't
> simply read in a packet on top of a structure. I must instead "jump" over
> the padding bytes both going and comming.
> 
> "No, you stupid computer, do what I mean, not what I type!"
> ...akgua!galbp!bing

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