Little/Big endian discussion (was: Re: can I burn the output of mpg123 -s?)

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>]

On: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:43:23 -0400 Stephen J Carpenter writes:

>> Little endian = intel byte order = host byte order (if its an intel)
>> big endian = network byte order = host byte order (on 64 bit boxes)?
> 
> I dunno if ALL 64 bit boxen are big endian.
> I know SUN systems are big-endian...I don't know about PPCs, or
> ALphas tho

The PowerPC can handle both formats (i.e., the processor can be told
to be a little/big-endian one by software), the alpha is little endian
*IIRC* (don't rely on it).

	Torsten