Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:57:21 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org> Cc: threads@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Patch] C1X threading support Message-ID: <58923.1324292241@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:52:17 %2B0100." <201112191152.22907.tijl@coosemans.org>
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In message <201112191152.22907.tijl@coosemans.org>, Tijl Coosemans writes: >> Big/Little Endian API ? >> >> Naah, nobody moves binary data between computers. > >Yes, but rather than having the programmer remember when to swap bytes, >it would be better if he could just declare a variable big/little >endian and have the compiler figure it out. You'd think so, wouldn't you ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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