faustus@ucbcad.UUCP (03/31/87)
I don't want to bring up this topic again, but I'm just wondering if somebody has the long article that was posted a while ago about why worrying about VAX vs 68k byte ordering isn't a real issue. I have been writing microcode for the 68k and have found a good reason for the low order word to come before the high order word, namely because then I can fetch the first word and put it in the lower half of the register, and then worry if I need the next word without having to flip the halves of the register before using it... I don't recall if this was one of the advantages mentioned with VAX byte ordering... Wayne