> The big question, which I ask whenever someone harps on about portability, is does it even make sense? Just one example, because I'm writing one right now. P

> The big question, which I ask whenever someone harps on about portability, is does it even make sense? Just one example, because I'm writing one right now. Protocol encoding/decoding. I just write it once, can share headers with struct definitions, and can compile it for both ends, be it x86_64 on one end and PIC on the other.