comp.unix.questions comp.misc

[Dave Hammond]

There was a recent article inquiring about the origin of the "endianism"
(as in little endian and big endian).

For those interested, I dug out a recent repost of Danny Cohen's paper
_ON HOLY WARS AND A PLEA FOR PEACE_.  This paper entertainingly details
both the literal origins of the terminology, and the machine byte ordering
differences to which these terms apply.

If you would like a copy of this paper, drop me a note via email.
If many people request copies, I'll repost the article to comp.misc.

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Dave Hammond
daveh at marob.masa.com