Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!jeffd From: jeffd@ficc.ferranti.com (jeff daiell) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: BYTE SEX Message-ID: Date: 2 Dec 90 22:48:06 GMT References: Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 18 In article , peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > Request for a bit of trivia. The term "byte sex" is used to indicate > endian-ness: "That data's in the wrong byte sex", or "MIPS processors > can be either byte sex: they're bytesexual". Kind of obscure these > days. > > Question: which byte-sex corresponds to which? I think female is little > endian, like PDP-11s and Intels, but I don't know for sure. Is there a > standard for byte sex? > > (visions of an ANSI-standard Kama Sutra, X3J69 :->) Peter, I just hope this posting doesn't en-gender an argument! {|8^)] Jeff -- Have you heard about the firm called Hugs, Incorporated? It's a holding company! Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com