why do structs have different sizes across machines?

[Steve Summit]

In article <29358:Mar3120:21:2991 at kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
> In general it's
> easier to putchar(n/256); putchar(n & 255); than to worry about an XDR
> library, at least if you're trying to write portable code.

Or, for a truly outlandish solution, consider printf("%d\n", n); .

                                            Steve Summit
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