> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Bartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 01 June 1999 13:59
> To: Jessen, Per; 'linux-diald'
> Subject: RE: prevent redial?
>
>
> At 09:44 AM 6/1/99 +0100, Jessen, Per wrote:
>
> >A port number is a half-word, so you can see values 1025-65535.
>
> Wouldn't it be more correct to say that a port number is 16
> bits? Word
> size varies from machine to machine...on the Cray XM/P I used to use a
> "half word" was 32 bits... :^)
>
> -- Mike "not all machines are native 32 bit integer" Bartman --
Of course! My sincerest apologies.
And, now that we are being pedantic anyway, one could argue that linux
really only runs on 32bit processors (AFAIK), and since this is a linux-*
mailing-list .... nah, I wouldn't want to get into that .....
Per "that may be so, but ...." Jessen,
ENIDAN Technologies, London
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