XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-02 11:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 01/01/2026 23:54, Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   >> If you really needed 100 variant record in Turbo Pascal,   
   >> then you needed 100 unions in C.   
   >   
   > No. You simply used *casting* .   
   >   
   > k=*(int *)(buffer +4) etc etc.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Borland Pascal also had typecasting.   
      
   BYTE(MyChar)   
      
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