Ask HN: Is big-endian dead?

Re:Ask HN: Is big-endian dead? by jondubois on Saturday January 20, 2018 @03:48AM (#16192652)

I find the the terms big endian and little endian confusing, feels like they should be switched around.

So the one that ends big (most significant byte last) should be big endian and the one that ends little should be little endian. But it's actually the opposite. It makes it difficult to remember which is which.

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Re:Ask HN: Is big-endian dead? by userbinator on Saturday January 20, 2018 @12:00PM (#16194072)

Here's an alliterative mnemonic:

    Little endian puts the
    Least significant part at the
    Lowest address(offset)

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Re:Ask HN: Is big-endian dead? by kripke on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:07AM (#16192829)

I usually think of it as: by which end do I read my number? but I agree it's confused me for a long time.

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