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From: k...@cs.vu.nl (Kees J. Bot)
Subject: Re: Big-Endian names - was Re: Catchy _Domain_ Names
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 12:08:51 GMT
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pe...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes:

>In article <1994Nov10.135353.2...@frink.demon.co.uk>,
>Mike Knell <m...@frink.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Historical. See below. Of course, big-endian addresses look like Russian
>>postal addresses (ISTR they write it backwards -- y'know, Russia, Moscow,
>>233 Gorky Park Road, Vladimir Alexandrovich. I've always thought that looked
>>easier to parse.. *grin*)

>Isn't that mixed-endian? Bigendian would be:

>Russia, Moscow, Gorky Park Road, 233, Vladimir Alexandrovich.

Isn't that mixed-endian? Bigendian would be:

Russia, Moscow, Gorky Park Road, 233, Alexandrovich, Vladimir.
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					Kees J. Bot  (k...@cs.vu.nl)