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- From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: big + little endian (was: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS ..)
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 00:04:56 GMT
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Research & Development
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- References: <3623363@zl2tnm.gen.nz> <28164@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1hquujINNmov@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1992Dec30.193752.9796@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- In article <1992Dec30.193752.9796@oracle.us.oracle.com>, akao@.com (Adam Kao) writes:
- |> In article <1hquujINNmov@fido.asd.sgi.com> pj@sgi.com writes:
- |> >In article <28164@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, torek@horse.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes:
- |> >|> 01101001 may mean `105' (big-endian) or `150' (little-endian)
- |> >
- |> >Big and little endian refer to the order of bytes within words,
- |> >not to the order of bits within bytes.
- |>
- |> You're teaching grandmother how to suck eggs ...
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- Ok - as several folks pointed out - endianness can refer to
- various orderings, of bits, bytes, words, ...
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- And apparently Chris Torek is a certified old-timer.
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- Oh well.
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