On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 08:20, G�tz Waschk wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 20. M�rz 2003, 20:49:04 Uhr MET, schrieb Michael Scherer: > > According to the INSTALL file, it runs only on big endian system. > > Since the package is not in debian ( last time I checked, one or two month > > ago ), I was unable to know where it work and where it don't. > > And, I forget to search if sparc and other are big endian or not. > > > I think that power pc are not big endian processor ( not sure ), and > > since ppc is one of the two mdk architecture, I think the tag is > > mandatory. > > Hi, > > you've mixed this up: intel and alpha are little-endian, while sparc > and ppc are big-endian.
Aha! The perfect time to pounce and ask someone who knows: what the hell *are* little-endian and big-endian?! I tried Googling it, really I did, but all I got were references to Gulliver's Travels. Not terribly helpful. -- adamw
