Re: endian, what is it?

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From: John Eaton
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:20

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Eli Burk (eburk@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu) wrote:
: howdy
: What is "big" endian and "little" endian? How do they relate
: to 386 and 486? I am not certain if "big" and "little" are
: the correct modifiers.
:-------------------------------

Those terms originated in "Gullivers Travels". Gulliver found 
two kindoms were at war because one thought eggs should be
opened on the big end while the other thought they should be
opened on the little end. Both sides kept comming up with a
series of stupid arguments as to why they were right and the
other side was wrong.

It seemed to be an apt description of the Mot/Intel byte order
arguments.

John Eaton
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