@dipankar: ur system is little endian as well most prolly...mine is...and as far as things related to x 86 are concerned or be it anything...u nvr knw how mch is enuff..dere are endless things
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Dipankar Patro <[email protected]>wrote: > @ Aditi: > Oops. Missed that out completely. That explains the question now. Thanks > for the heads up. > Any other x86 properties that we need to know? These things are really hard > to come by. > > @ Dave: > I think Aditi has pointed out my mistake. > > > On 14 August 2011 23:47, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > >> @Dipankar: You are correct. The answer, like the answer to so many >> questions, is "It depends." >> >> Dave >> >> On Aug 14, 1:11 pm, Dipankar Patro <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I have come across quite a few questions like >> > " >> > What is the way in which int m = 2 will be stored in memory? >> > 2 0 0 0 or 0 0 0 2 >> > " >> > Doesn't the answer depend upon the machine you are working on? I mean >> both >> > are perfectly possible situations if you see. >> > First option is little-endian, second one is big-endian. >> > >> > Which one should I probably go for in case I am not provided a "machine >> > dependent" option? >> > >> > Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Big-endian >> > -- >> > >> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >> > >> > Please do not print this e-mail until urgent requirement. Go Green!! >> > Save Papers <=> Save Trees >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > Please do not print this e-mail until urgent requirement. Go Green!! > Save Papers <=> Save Trees > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Aditi Garg Undergraduate Student Electronics & Communication Divison NETAJI SUBHAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Sector 3, Dwarka New Delhi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
