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Article #11159Re: big + little endian (was: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS ..)
From: Daniel S. Barclay
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 12:45
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 12:45
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pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson) writes> > In article <28164@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, torek@horse.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes: > |> 01101001 may mean `105' (big-endian) or `150' (little-endian) > > Big and little endian refer to the order of bytes within words, > not to the order of bits within bytes. Don't those terms also refer to the _numbering_ of bits within bytes or words? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daniel S. Barclay --who's still searching for a good CAD Language Systems, Inc. signature, not liking any of his recent Suite 101, 5457 Twin Knolls Rd. feeble attempts to improve on the whiny: Columbia, MD 21045 USA Why can't _I_ think of a good signature?
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!clsi!daniel From: daniel@clsi.COM (Daniel S. Barclay) Subject: Re: big + little endian (was: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS ..) In-Reply-To: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com's message of 30 Dec 1992 01:44:51 GMT Message-ID: <DANIEL.92Dec30124512@algol.clsi.COM> Sender: usenet@clsi.COM Organization: CAD Language Systems Inc. References: <1992Dec29.044012.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> <3623363@zl2tnm.gen.nz> <28164@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1hquujINNmov@fido.asd.sgi.com> Date: 30 Dec 92 12:45:12 Lines: 16