> back when the Internet was designed most "pro" machines were big-endian: Sparc, old MIPS, old PPC, DEC Alpha, etc You kids sure know how to make someone feel

> back when the Internet was designed most "pro" machines were big-endian: Sparc, old MIPS, old PPC, DEC Alpha, etc You kids sure know how to make someone feel really old... Much of the internet design predates the 68000, which in turn predates the RISC architectures you cite by half a decade and more.