#bigendian — Public Fediverse posts

I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.

#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit

I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.

#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit

I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.

#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit

I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.

#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit

I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.

#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit

Does anyone know if little-endian has any technical advantages? Big-endian machines are all but extinct these days (outside of IBM mainframes).
Or is is just a case of having to pick one and stick with it, like how all life on Earth is made out of L-chiral amino acids and D-chiral carbohydrates?
#bigendian #endianness #chirality #cpu #cpudesign

Does anyone know if little-endian has any technical advantages? Big-endian machines are all but extinct these days (outside of IBM mainframes).
Or is is just a case of having to pick one and stick with it, like how all life on Earth is made out of L-chiral amino acids and D-chiral carbohydrates?
#bigendian #endianness #chirality #cpu #cpudesign