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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Keeping other stuff with addresses
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:47:23 -0800
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>> Yes, but contrary to the case for bytes, there is virtually (literally?)
>>> no code out there which expects non-byte-aligned memory accesses
>>> to work.
>> FORTRAN COMMON blocks require misaligned accesses to double precision
>> data.
>
> I don't think FORTRAN stipulate this also applies to sub-byte alignment.

I see that you use Gnus, the same newsreader I use.

When you post a followup, Gnus automatically adds attribution lines,
like the "Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:" line in
this post.  Please leave those lines in place.  It makes it easier to
follow conversations.  (Yes, readers can typically jump to the parent
article, but it's not always easy to do that or to get back to the
current article.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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