i think the point is that there will always be a new chip or machine out there that will force you to use a different model so trying to pretend that everything works the same is bad thinking.
all the world's a vax ... hey, wait a minute. i've done this once before. erik "Devon H. O'Dell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes | Though I don't necessarily agree with Jim if I understand him | correctly. I don't think that providing interfaces to make code | compilation on systems of different bit sizes promotes `a sloppy | monoculture.' | | --Devon
