Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cheviot.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!cheviot!robert From: robert@cheviot.uucp (Robert Stroud) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Converting structs of binary data among machine types Message-ID: <451@cheviot.uucp> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 06:20:25 EDT Article-I.D.: cheviot.451 Posted: Fri Oct 4 06:20:25 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 04:28:34 EDT References: <1390@brl-tgr.ARPA> <2778@sun.uucp> <519@lasspvax.UUCP> <274@ccivax.UUCP> <166@l5.uucp> <706@inset.UUCP> Reply-To: robert@cheviot.UUCP (Robert Stroud) Organization: U. of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Lines: 18 In article <706@inset.UUCP> mikeb@inset.UUCP (Mike Banahan) writes: >As well as the Sun Xternal Data Representation (XDR), there is >an ISO X.something proposal for the same thing. Anyone remember the number? >-- >Mike Banahan, Technical Director, The Instruction Set Ltd. >mcvax!ukc!inset!mikeb This is part of the CCITT X.400 series. I think the data encoding standard is X.409. The Sun standard is at least in part a programming interface to such a protocol - I doubt the X.400 stuff gets that specific. Robert Stroud, Computing Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. ARPA robert%cheviot.newcastle@ucl-cs.ARPA UUCP ...!ukc!cheviot!robert JANET robert@newcastle.cheviot