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From: jkl@csli.STANFORD.EDU (John Kallen)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.misc,comp.lang.misc,comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: "big endian" and "little endian" - first usage for computer
Keywords: dump little-endian strings
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Date: 21 Jan 89 05:05:40 GMT
References: <170@microsoft.UUCP> <4008@hubcap.UUCP> <482@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> <5721@cbmvax.UUCP> <1102@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: jkl@csli.UUCP (John Kallen)
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In article <1102@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
>
>There does not seem to be any support from "natural" languages for the
>little-endian approach.

What about Danish:     fem og halvfirsindtyve (75 (my Danish is rusty))

Or norwegian:	       en og femti (51). This fooled me once into believing
		       one could rent a room in Paris for Fr 1.50... :-)
		       
Or better yet, German: Zwei und Vierzig  (42!)

I believe Danish, Norwegian and German count as "natural" languages. 
At least in Denmark, Norway and German[y|ies] :-)

John.
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