It turned out the protocol I am doing is implented in strings, so no problems anymore...
--maarten Anton wrote: > I think you hit the bit limit of a > signed integer in rebol? Rebol has no > unsigned integer as far as I remember. > > Here's a few suggestions: > 1) Send formatted as long signed, then get rebol > to convert to decimal! on the server. > > 2) Send formatted as float or double. > > What is the "strange" value server receives? > > Anton. > > >>Hi I am *trying* to send a string formatted like this: >> >>"%lu %lu %ld \n" in C-style printf format over a tcp connection. >> >>However.... the long unsigneds give always the same (strange) value on >>the server (which is a binary for me). >> >>How can I get the unsigneds correctly over the wire? >> >>--Maarten >> > -- Maarten Koopmans Innovation manager tel: +31 30 2 305 324 Surfnet BV fax: +31 30 2 305 329 P.O.Box 19035 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NL-3501 DA Utrecht http://www.surfnet.nl The netherlands -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.