Lilliput vs Blefuscu
I’ve always been confused as to why there are two conflicting ways of byte ordering: Big-Endian and Little-Endian, as used by, for example, PowerPC and Pentium architectures, respectively. This interesting article helps to clear up the smoke a bit, dives into the history of byte sex, and is a good read:
However, anyone who was brought up by computer scientists, rather than by botanists, knows that trees grow downward, having their roots at the top of the page and their leaves down below. Computer scientists seldom remember which way “up” really is.
Oh, so true.
