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> Hard disagree, big-endian is right and little-endian is wrong. At least, unless you think this year is 2202 Our numbers originate from people using a right-t
by de_huit 4y ago
> Hard disagree, big-endian is right and little-endian is wrong. At least, unless you think this year is 2202
Our numbers originate from people using a right-to-left script...
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoDo they? They came through people who used a right-to-left script (the Arabs). But they originated in India. Did they use right-to-left?
- de_huit 4y agoThe oldest source [1] seems to be in Sanskrit, a left-to-right language, so they were big-endian numbers. This still does not rule out an even older origin in a right-to-left language, but as it stands I'm afraid I was just wrong with my 'little endian origin' story. Too bad, I liked it. [1] https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Bakhshali_manuscript/ https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Bakhshali_m...