From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T01:34:01+09:00
Subject: Re: 64-bit integers in network byte-order

On 9/22/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
 > > Sorry, I really can't resist this. Do you know who the big-endians and
> > the little-endians are in literary history?
>
> no.  do tell...
>

In Gulliver's Travels, a "little-endian" prefers to crack open
soft-boiled eggs from the little end. The little-endians and the
big-endians are unable to settle their dispute, so they go to war. The
story has reacquired its piquancy, now that religious war is back in
vogue.

Sorry for the offtopic, and thanks for your help, Ara.