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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: byte ordering?
Message-ID: <1324@ucbcad.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 02:40:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 31 02:40:04 1987
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I don't want to bring up this topic again, but I'm just wondering if
somebody has the long article that was posted a while ago about why
worrying about VAX vs 68k byte ordering isn't a real issue.  I have
been writing microcode for the 68k and have found a good reason for the
low order word to come before the high order word, namely because then
I can fetch the first word and put it in the lower half of the register,
and then worry if I need the next word without having to flip the halves
of the register before using it...  I don't recall if this was one of
the advantages mentioned with VAX byte ordering...

	Wayne