site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On May 19, 2005, at 3:48, Warwick Hall wrote: Hi, Regards, Justin PS: don't cross-post. -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large Institute for General Semantics ----------- My wife 'n kids 'n dog are gone, I can't get Jesus on the phone, But Ol' Milwaukee's Best is my best friend. ----------- _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... I am developing an open source C library data/ network protocol that will be cross platform for MacOSX, Win32, Win64, Linux, and Solaris. [snip] Does anyone know if and how the above mentioned platforms differ in native floating point number representations? You have a tough job ahead of you if you don't understand that none of the systems you mention have "native floating point number representations". In all cases, what determines the representation is the hardware, not the OS. Sun's RPC/XDR protocol deals with floats, if memory serves. It sounds like you want to use it. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com