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Re:Ask HN: Why is least significant bit first a thing? by raasdnil on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:59PM (#34782858)
Thanks for the reply, why do you say it seem like a natural ordering for a wire protocol?
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Re:Ask HN: Why is least significant bit first a thing? by nh23423fefe on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @12:58PM (#34793210)
because then you can append to a message by sending more bits, instead of queuing and prefixing information
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