The explanations have been posted...
S/390 is Big Endian. Little boxes can be either...
This little code snippet will tell you:
bool LittleEndian() {
typedef union tag_LL {
short llshort;
char llchar[2];
} LL;
LL ll;
ll.llshort = 1;
if (ll.llchar[0] > ll.llchar[1])
return(TRUE); /* Little Endian */
else
return('FALSE'); /* Big Endian */
}
This bit me recently when I had to write a little MQ-IMS Bridge app.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D Pace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: big and little endian
I keep seeing references to big endian and little endian. I am going to
show off my ignorance here and ask - What does this mean? I do not know
what the term endian means.
Thanks.
Mark D Pace
Senior Systems Engineer
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