On Die, 2002-09-17 at 17:47, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > --- Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Die, 2002-09-17 at 03:35, Chris Tillman wrote: > > > > > > <dumbquestion> > > > Why don't they just put a header on the sample > > that indicates its endianness? > > > IIRC that's how tiff works. > > > </dumbquestion> > > > > I think endianness is defined with most if not all > > audio formats; that > > doesn't prevent apps from thinking all the world is > > little endian. :/ > > BTW, why was ppc designed as big engian? Just to be > incompatible?
Duh, because it's correct, obviously! ;) > If all the world was little endian, it would be much > easier. Yeah, it would be very easy if everything was big endian. :) Alas, it's not, so endianness has to be accounted for. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
