I dont think you understood the post - I meant when
one transfers binary data (in a file or stream). I am
not referring to C compilers and it's not about
metadata or validation. Where are you now?
--- Michael Kay <> wrote:
> Two C compilers on different architectures would
> represent that structure
> quite differently. There's no data interchange there
> at all except between
> identical machines with identical compilers running
> identical applications;
> there's no scope for attaching metadata to the
> message; there's no scope for
> validation... Where have you been all these years?
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
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