XDR pack/unpack routines to share binary structures

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From: Karen Hensley
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 00:00

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In August Michael Meissner of Cygnus Support support wrote:

     . . . However, in general, trying to get things to line up the same is a 
  losing battle, and you should use explicit pack/unpack routines like XDR 
  to share binary structures between systems.  After all if you port the 
  code to a 64 bit machine, pointers, longs, and possibly shorts are going 
  to be different sizes. There is also the usual endianess to worry about.

Where can I get this magical XDR pack/unpack?  Even the most vague 
pointer would be appreciated.  I looked in the usual gnu place, and if it 

Thanks  -  Karen

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