Am Freitag, 21. M�rz 2003, 14:39:19 Uhr MET, schrieb Teletch�a St�phane:
> So little endian is reading the number like japanese or arabic-reading
> people, and big endian like 'traditional' western people ??
You could phrase it that way. Both endianesses have their advantages
and disadavantages, also both are in common use. An example for the
use of big-endianess is the network byte order used in the internet protocol.
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