Mirza Hadzic wrote:
A big endian system is indispensible if you are a compiler writer,
because little endian hardware hides too many programmer errors
Can you show example(s) where little endian hides errors? Just curious...
Sorry, I was already asleep when your mail arrived ...
main()
{
long blah;
(void) foo(&blah);
printf("%ld\n", blah);
}
.... different file ....
foo(int *bar)
{
*bar = 42;
}
Works on ILP32 mode machines (both endiannesses), "works" on I32LP64
mode machines (little endian), fails miserably on I32LP64 mode machines
(big endian) *as it should*.
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