[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Bob Koehler]

In article <34cf8f60-eb68-45da-a902-07b1026eb67a at w24g2000vby.googlegroups.com>, hb <becker.avd at gmail.com> writes:
> On May 30, 3:53=A0pm, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
> Koehler) wrote:
> 
>> =A0 =A0On the other hand, I've yet to find out how to build actual data
>> =A0 =A0structures in Lisp, other than the built-in cons cell.
> 
> VAX LISP? Here it goes
> 
> (DEFINE-ALIEN-STRUCTURE sm-desc
>   "descriptor for shared memory"
>   (length          :UNSIGNED-INTEGER     0   4)
>   (address       :POINTER              4   8))

   OK, looks like some language extensions there.  But how could I
   convert following C struct to a Lisp such as eLisp, assuming no
   padding?

   struct alpha
   {
      int baker;
      short charlie;
      short delta;
      char ellie[3];
   };