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[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (6 children) ... Little Endian or Big Endian? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children) Middle Endian ftw! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I made a joke about that lately after someone suggested YYYY-DD-MM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh good god permalink fedilink source parent [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) how big is your word and how would this work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) You know, I was just joking, but turns out, Middle Endian really does exist! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Middle-Endian And it's just as crazy as one'd think. It's a 32bit value consisting of two 16bit little endian words jumbled together in big endian. So the byte order is B A D C. Whenever I think "This is a really stupid idea, nobody would do that", turns out, someone actually did that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* oh lord why but that is about what i thought itd be permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children) Middle Endian ftw! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I made a joke about that lately after someone suggested YYYY-DD-MM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh good god permalink fedilink source parent [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) how big is your word and how would this work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) You know, I was just joking, but turns out, Middle Endian really does exist! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Middle-Endian And it's just as crazy as one'd think. It's a 32bit value consisting of two 16bit little endian words jumbled together in big endian. So the byte order is B A D C. Whenever I think "This is a really stupid idea, nobody would do that", turns out, someone actually did that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* oh lord why but that is about what i thought itd be permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I made a joke about that lately after someone suggested YYYY-DD-MM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh good god permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) how big is your word and how would this work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) You know, I was just joking, but turns out, Middle Endian really does exist! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Middle-Endian And it's just as crazy as one'd think. It's a 32bit value consisting of two 16bit little endian words jumbled together in big endian. So the byte order is B A D C. Whenever I think "This is a really stupid idea, nobody would do that", turns out, someone actually did that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* oh lord why but that is about what i thought itd be permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) You know, I was just joking, but turns out, Middle Endian really does exist! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Middle-Endian And it's just as crazy as one'd think. It's a 32bit value consisting of two 16bit little endian words jumbled together in big endian. So the byte order is B A D C. Whenever I think "This is a really stupid idea, nobody would do that", turns out, someone actually did that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* oh lord why but that is about what i thought itd be permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* oh lord why but that is about what i thought itd be permalink fedilink source parent
