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Article #11175Re: big + little endian (was: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS ..)
From: Paul Jackson
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:04
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:04
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In article <1992Dec30.193752.9796@oracle.us.oracle.com>, akao@.com (Adam Kao) writes: |> In article <1hquujINNmov@fido.asd.sgi.com> pj@sgi.com 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. |> |> You're teaching grandmother how to suck eggs ... Ok - as several folks pointed out - endianness can refer to various orderings, of bits, bytes, words, ... And apparently Chris Torek is a certified old-timer. Oh well. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Software Production Engineer Paul Jackson (pj@sgi.com), x1373
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!sgigate!odin!fido!sam.wpd.sgi.com!pj From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: big + little endian (was: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS ..) Date: 31 Dec 1992 00:04:56 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Research & Development Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1htdf8INNjgf@fido.asd.sgi.com> References: <3623363@zl2tnm.gen.nz> <28164@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1hquujINNmov@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1992Dec30.193752.9796@oracle.us.oracle.com> Reply-To: pj@sgi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.wpd.sgi.com