1832 CARLYLE in Fraser's Mag. V. 254 Its dome is but a foolish Big-endian or Little-endian chip of an egg-shell compared with that star-fretted Dome.
1961 Y. OLSSON Syntax Eng. Verb ii. 18 Though what Jonathan Swift might have called the Small-Endian view seems to be in a certain vogue, the procedure here followed is Big-Endian.
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:03 am (UTC)Really must clear the crap off my home machine!
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Date: 2004-01-09 02:57 am (UTC)And one notional kudo to
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Date: 2004-01-09 05:56 am (UTC)I'd be interested to know if the OED has any citations between Swift and that paper other than direct discussions of Gulliver's Travels.
How about these?
Date: 2004-01-09 06:40 am (UTC)1832 CARLYLE in Fraser's Mag. V. 254 Its dome is but a foolish Big-endian or Little-endian chip of an egg-shell compared with that star-fretted Dome.
1961 Y. OLSSON Syntax Eng. Verb ii. 18 Though what Jonathan Swift might have called the Small-Endian view seems to be in a certain vogue, the procedure here followed is Big-Endian.
Re: How about these?
Date: 2004-01-09 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-09 07:10 am (UTC)(Is that sadder or not?)