I was aware such an ordering was common in China, but thanks for that info about the USSR! It is a more consistent and logical ordering. The other ordering is s

I was aware such an ordering was common in China, but thanks for that info about the USSR! It is a more consistent and logical ordering. The other ordering is so confusing that America and Europe have both adopted different mixed endian schemes, which just makes things worse. Consistently increasing-endian schemes are quite rare, but I think you can find one in Australia.