Re: Byte Order: On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace

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From: Ed Reed
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1986 16:40

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Many thanks for a most entertaining explaination of this little
bit of crazy.  As a devout Big-endian, I can at least appreciate
the other fellow's point of view.

This little missive should be required reading for all computer
architecture classes everywhere, lest any think all this magic
of computers was well concieved from the beginning.  

When it comes down to it, I just don't like the way little-endians
memory dumps print out.  Now, at least, I understand WHY I don't 
like it.
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Ed Reed - Rochester Institute of Technology
phone:    (716) 334-3006
Delphi:   EERTEST
GEnie:    SQA.INC
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Subject: Re: Byte Order: On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace
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