Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 01:01:29 +0900 From: Kim Deokhwan <sasung@ada.snu.ac.kr> To: Alex Koshterek <havoc@lookanswer.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Byte order? Message-ID: <20001121010129.A88925@ada.snu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <00112017513301.47740@pro.lookanswer.com>; from havoc@lookanswer.com on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 05:47:47PM %2B0200 References: <00112017175200.47740@pro.lookanswer.com> <20001120164006.A1624@crow.dom2ip.de> <00112017513301.47740@pro.lookanswer.com>
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 05:47:47PM +0200, Alex Koshterek wrote: > > The x86 architecture _is_ little endian. > > > What? > on x86 long a =1 > in memory is a 01 00 00 00 > Lesser significant byte is first and most significant is last That's the very little-endian. http://www.whatis.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,211659,00.html -- Kim Deokhwan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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