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Subject: Re: byte order: be reasonable - do it my way...
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Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 05:34:47 EST
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Summary: type punning
Xref: mnetor comp.arch:182 comp.sys.intel:95 comp.sys.m68k:105

The advantage of little-endian is that it allows type punning,
giving the optimizer a little something extra to work with.

The advantage of big-endian is that it disallows type punning,
making it easy to catch non-portable programming practices.

Don Speck   speck@vlsi.caltech.edu  {seismo,rutgers,ames}!cit-vax!speck