Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site crystal.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!uwvax!crystal!shekita From: shekita@crystal.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: pointer alignment on a Vax 780 Message-ID: <478@crystal.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 14:22:26 EDT Article-I.D.: crystal.478 Posted: Mon Jun 24 14:22:26 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 04:49:35 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 6 Are there any alignment constraints on the Vax 780? Could one, for example, set an integer pointer to the middle of a machine word? If there aren't alignment constraints, is it faster to compare two word-aligned integers?