APL\360

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Fri Jan 29 14:10:42 CST 2021


>> We don't need another BIG-endian/little-endian debate!
>> (when a 16 bit number is stored in bytes, does the high order byte come 
>> first, or the low order byte?)  (cf. intel V Motorola)

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote:
> Amen to that (but did it not originate with DEC vs. IBM?)

Yes.  I was talking about more recent.  I don't know what other 
predecessors there were befor DEC V IBM.


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