Packed structures

[Chris Torek]

In article <11868 at steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen at steinmetz.ge.com
(William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>  Yes, I was careful to say byte alligned for this reason, but I may
>not have discussed the rationale. Bit alligned is so rarely useful that
>I can see no reason for adding it to the language. Byte alligned is
>nice for passing data between machines, such as computers and control
>equipment.

Hmm:

`Bit aligned is nice for passing data between machines, such as 18-bit
computers and 32-bit control equipment'

:-)?
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