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Re:Byte Ordering: On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace (1980) by kstenerud on Monday September 16, 2024 @07:32AM (#41554987)
Yes, that's right. Since CPUs abstract away the bit ordering, it only starts to matter when dealing with bit-oriented communications. And since it is abstracted away, there's no real benefit to be gained by BE or LE at the bit-level.
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