> It had no XDR because it was "reader makes it right" and datatypes

> > were tagged.
>>
>> That's the first I've heard of that and I really like it.  Most of the
>> time, you are on a network of machines that are the same, so why have
>> a network byte order, reader makes it right will just work.  Neat.
>>
>
> I guess I don't quite understand that. I can get how it works for simple
> data types (integers, floating point numbers, perhaps strings) but it seems
> like it breaks
>

It was only for native types
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9629399/chap14.htm   The other things
-- struct, array, pointers, etc -- have rules.  See the link if you care
for nitty-gritty details.