Who's rewired their house for this hobby?

[Holm Tiffe]

Guy Sotomayor wrote:

> 
> > On Nov 26, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Holm Tiffe <holm at freibergnet.de> wrote:
> >> 
> >> To me, it seems that this is a Lilliput-versus-Blefuscu argument.
> >> 
> >> --Chuck
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry, who the f.. is Blefuscu?
> > 
> 
> Part I of the story from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726).
> 
> Two countries were at war (Lilliput & Blefuscu) over which end of the egg to open (big vs little).  The Lilliputians were "little-endian" while the Blefuscians were "big-endian".  And that my friends is the first instance of the difference between big-endian and little endian!  The terms long pre-dated modern digital computers.
> 
> TTFN - Guy
> 

Thanks, I never read that book.. only saw some children-comic-films
about Gulliver's travels. Never realized that egg problem :-)

Regards,

Holm

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