Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: BYTE SEX Message-ID: Date: 2 Dec 90 20:13:14 GMT Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 10 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 da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com