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Article #12544Re: big + little endian (was: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS ..)
From: david carlton
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:02
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:02
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In article <1993Jan11.153013.716@qb.rhein-main.de>, vhs@rhein-main.de
(Volker Herminghaus-Shirai) writes:
>In article <CARLTON.93Jan7171924@scws1.harvard.edu> carlton@scws1.harvard.edu
>(david carlton) writes:
>> In article <FY.93Jan7111925@hardwick.lucid.com>, fy@lucid.com
>> (Frank Yellin) writes:
>>> Of course, how were numbers done in ancient Greek. It was written in
>>> boustrophedon: the lines alternated left-to-right and right-to-left.
>> Some rather old writings were written boustrophedon, but I wouldn't
>> present it as the norm.
> Why not?
Because it's not true. It's very simple, really - I could be
mistaken, but I'm fairly sure that the vast majority of writings in
Ancient Greek were not written boustrophedon. Therefore, it is false
to say that they were.
Not that this has much to do with computer architecture, mind you...
david carlton
carlton@husc.harvard.edu
.. I feel.. JUGULAR..
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