Alignment [was Re: Optimization, volatile]

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

In article <525 at wsccs.UUCP>, terry at wsccs.UUCP (Every system needs one) writes:
> [ ut-oh.  They got me started on SPARC again...]
> In article <503 at wsccs.UUCP> (he wrote):
> | >This is the method one should use to determine if code is "bad"... but I
> | >suggest you do not use a SUN 400* (matches all SUN 400 series) as your Sun,
> | >as some of the assumptions it makes are _NOT_ K&R.

> Can you say alignment?

The alignment requirements of the SPARC are *less* restrictive than
the requirements of Motorola's MC 88100.

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