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|> Hi Netters
|> I am shifting my focus from Occam to C now. The following question made 
|> me confusing, i.e. how to implemente the counted array of Occam in C 
|> efficiently?
|> For example, we can replace 
|> 
|> Input ? Length :: Array -- In Occam, receiving the length and array together
|> with two C channel statements
|> 
|> Len = ChanInInt(Input)     /* In C, the Length must be known in advance
|> ChanIn(Input, Array, Length)

The normal way to implement the counted array of Occam in C efficiently
is the same as in Occam. Use two channel statements...

	Len = ChanInInt(Input)    /* Receiving the length of the next stream */
	ChanIn(Input, Array, Len) /* Receiving the data of size Len */

That's all. Instead of the first statement it is possible to send a header
of constant length to the receiving node in order to present more information
of the sender (function number, ID of sender,...) than just an integer.

-- Knut
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