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Man, reading little-endian binary formats makes my head hurt. I get why it's done that way, but what a nightmare for comprehending what you're reading.
by mistercow 13y ago
Man, reading little-endian binary formats makes my head hurt. I get why it's done that way, but what a nightmare for comprehending what you're reading.
- userbinator 13y agoAfter enough time spent reading hexdumps you get used to it, and then all of a sudden big-endian feels really backwards.
- mistercow 13y agoWell, assuming you're reading little-endian hexdumps. I cut my teeth on OS X back in the PPC days, so to me it is just the opposite.