Dustin Lang writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> > Can someone help me clarify the following:
> >
> > Java is Big-Endian, correct?
> > Intel Linux is Little-Endian, correct?
>
> Corrrect me if I'm wrong, but here's my understanding of the endianness:
> 1. the java classes (such as DataInputStream) do things big-endianedly
> 2. the jvm is responsible for hiding the endianness of the platform
> 3. as a result of (2) there is nothing a 100% java app can do to determine
> the endianness of the platform it's being run on.
You're right -- this actually causes problems in some code that needs to emit
endian-correct ints to data streams.
Steve
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