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Subject: Re:  pointer size problems
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Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 17:44:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  2 17:44:01 1984
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From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) 

read(fd, &y, sizeof y) is not portable for reasons that have nothing
to do with alignment and padding.  (ANY use of binary external data
is inherently machine-dependent.)  The problem with the read statement
is that &y is not a (char *).