26 Nov
2014
26 Nov
'14
3:26 p.m.
On 11/26/2014 12:30 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
(There might have been a slightly earlier version of
this note, but I'd have
to go check my hardcopies - something called 'Oceanview Tales' may have
included it.)
I'm surprised that Danny didn't address the issue of "which bit in a
word is bit 0" (e.g. IBM S/360 vs. everyone else)? In fact,
big-vs.-little endian debates completely ignore the matter of
"bit-addressable" machines (they do/did exist).
--Chuck