Re: A theory for Big & Little Endian's origin

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From: Michal Jankowski
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 10:58

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>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jan 1993 10:05:49 EST, firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) said:

Robert> One interesting exception is the mediaeval conceit of
Robert> embedding a roman number in a name or phrase, which of course
Robert> works because the roman numerals aren't positional.
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Huh? Did you forget that IX = 9 and XI = 11?

  Michal

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