> For example, it's little endian because little endian won (because it is better). Could you elaborate on this? My understanding is that Little Endian was int

> For example, it's little endian because little endian won (because it is better). Could you elaborate on this? My understanding is that Little Endian was introduced to enable some optimizations on low-level mathematical operations or fetch operations. However, as the block size for ram operations increased, together with the transistor count, it was IIRC shown (I can't find a reference) that there were little advantages in using one or the other (different optimizations being possible in either). I tend to prefer Big Endian, as it is closer to our numerical representation, and the network order. Saying that Little Endian has "won" could be justified if you only look at x86, but I wouldn't call that the whole story.