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> 
> Quoth Dr S.J. Zara on Thu, 13 March:
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> : > Quoth lucid at secret.org on Wed, 12 March:
> : > : I need cross platform, GUI, and networking... Java is the only thing that
> : > : really fits the bill right now. 
> : > 
> : > C/C++ with TK GUI and BSD socket network API runs everywhere.
> : > 
> : No it doesn't!  What about the Endian problem?
> 
> Byte order is only a problem when you bit-slam data or talk over a
> wire, in which case ntohs et filia solve the problem.

its a problem in all kinds of areas... image processing, binary data
file handling etc.
> 
> : Also, you would have to give out the source code.
> 
> This is incorrect.  

How do you ship out portable compiled C/C++? 
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Dr Steve Zara
IT Manager and Computing Tutor
Department of Biochemistry
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
zarasj at ic.ac.uk
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