daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) (06/23/89)
There was a recent article inquiring about the origin of the "endianism" (as in little endian and big endian). For those interested, I dug out a recent repost of Danny Cohen's paper _ON HOLY WARS AND A PLEA FOR PEACE_. This paper entertainingly details both the literal origins of the terminology, and the machine byte ordering differences to which these terms apply. If you would like a copy of this paper, drop me a note via email. If many people request copies, I'll repost the article to comp.misc. -- Dave Hammond daveh@marob.masa.com