Re: [SLUG] Endian-ness.

["Jeff Waugh" <jdub@nospam.aphid.net>]

> Would some kind soul mind explaining what this Endian business is
all about?
> I have seen frequent references to it on this list but not
elsewhere.
>
> I was not hitherto aware that Jonathan Swift was a Linux user,
nor can I find
> any other reference to Unix in "Gulliver's Travels".


Hahahaha...!

Q&D definition (I couldn't resist replying to your post, even if my
knowledge here is flakey): endian-ness describes which is the most
significant bit in a CPU's word.

I'm sure someone else will be able to give you a more
example-filled description... :)

Supplementary question: What sort of operations would be affected
by the difference between big-endian and little-endian machines?


- Jeff


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