But seriously - it should be clear that big endian things are daft too. The only thing which persuades us even for a moment that big endian makes any sense at all is that we write big numbers with most significant digit on the left and yet we enumerate lists left to right.
Little endian is the One True Way. I want my entire computer to just store ONE BIG NUMBER !
(Plus, furthermore, "Ten little, nine little..." etc. !)
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:59 am (UTC)But seriously - it should be clear that big endian things are daft too. The only thing which persuades us even for a moment that big endian makes any sense at all is that we write big numbers with most significant digit on the left and yet we enumerate lists left to right.
Little endian is the One True Way. I want my entire computer to just store ONE BIG NUMBER !
(Plus, furthermore, "Ten little, nine little..." etc. !)