Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication

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From: Joe Wells
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1991 22:50

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In article <TMB.91Jul20101623@volterra.ai.mit.edu> tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel) writes:
   In article <JBW.91Jul19164859@maverick.uswest.com> jbw@maverick.uswest.com (Joe Wells) writes:
      Wrong!  It is obvious, when "one looks at the larger picture".  Your
      method would require every computer to know what byte order every other
      computer used, which is impractical.  The only practical solution is to
      use a canonical byte order, and it doesn't matter which one you pick.

   You have the choice of describing byte order along with the data,
   or picking a canonical byte order.

   [stuff deleted]

   The first method is clearly preferable if you want highest
   performance. The second method is a little simpler in practice.

The second method is SO MUCH SIMPLER in practice that almost everyone who
has faced this problem has chosen it.

-- 
Enjoy,

Joe Wells <jbw@uswest.com>

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Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
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