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> Having the highest memory value 0xFF on the top seems...odd Dunno ... the highest being on top feels very normal ... . Isn't that more or less the definition
by roelschroeven 5y ago
> Having the highest memory value 0xFF on the top seems...odd
Dunno ... the highest being on top feels very normal ... . Isn't that more or less the definition of "highest" and "top"?
We have conflicting conventions in all kinds situations:
Numbers increase towards the top in a class Cartesian coordinate system, in the numbering of floors in buildings, on calculator keypads, ...
Numbers increase towards the bottom in coordinate systems in many computer graphics contexts, in numbered lists, on telephone keypads, ...
Sometimes these conventions meet and clash and there is no one right way to handle that.