🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Article #6622

Re: Very puzzling struct problem!

#6622
From: Jonathan Maier
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:05
18 lines
1649 bytes
In article <1992Nov21.221745.23588@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ematias@csri.toronto.edu (Ummm... me!) writes:
>- having 16 integer variables in the struct would work.
>- having 32 integer variables in the struct would work.
>- having 48 integer variables in the struct would NOT work.
>- having 64 integer variables in the struct would work.
>- having 80 integer variables in the struct would NOT work.
>- having 96 integer variables in the struct would NOT work.
>- having greater than 96 ints in the struct would NOT work.

It looks like the number of variables should be 2 raised to some power
(ie- 16(=2^4), 32(=2^5), 64(=2^6), etc.).  You'll probably notice that
some things are more "efficient" if they map directly into the binary
(base 2) scheme that the computer is based on.

  Jonathan E. Maier             # ## #                lectro@u.washington.edu
 -----------------------------  # ## #  --------------------------------------
  Weekend Operator             ## ## ##              University of Washington
  UCS Operations              ##  ##  ##                  Seattle, Washington
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1992Nov22.040512.6906@u.washington.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!stein.u.washington.edu!lectro
References: <1992Nov21.221745.23588@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!stein.u.washington.edu!lectro
From: lectro@stein.u.washington.edu (Jonathan Maier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Very puzzling struct problem!
Message-ID: <1992Nov22.040512.6906@u.washington.edu>
Date: 22 Nov 92 04:05:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov22.040512.6906
References: <1992Nov21.221745.23588@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Lines: 18