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Re: Pascal

Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:

> In article <1f6dxoq.jlfx5k1i1d66sN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>  
> > Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
> > 
> >> In article <68a2ec1b.0201201507.3fa71387@posting.google.com>,
> >> Lazarus I. Long <me@lazilong.com> wrote:
> >>  
> >>> typedef RboShort Pas_BlockSpec;
> >>>  
> >>> an RboShort is a reverse-byte-order unsigned 16 bit value
> >>> (for macintosh it's reverse, on a PC, I don't think it's reverse)
> >>  
> >> :-) ...you've read Gulliver's Travels, and the war therein between
> >> the Big Endians and the Little Endians?
> > 
> > I agree - defining this as a "little endian 16-bit signed integer" would
> > be clearer than "reverse byte order".
>  
> By saying "reverse byte order" you reveal your own bias here... :-)

I have no bias - I was commented on the obvious abbreviation in the type
name (Rbo = Reverse Byte Order) and in Lazarus's description.

My first low-level programming was done on the Apple II: 6502 family,
which is little endian, but most of my low-level programming at work has
been on 6800 derivatives or the ST9 family, which are big endian.  I'm
equally at home on either.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz