Endianness puzzle

[Mark Atwood]

I will see if I can get us a Z/machine target

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:53 AM Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:

> Yo Eric!
>
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:35:21 -0500
> "Eric S. Raymond" <esr at thyrsus.com> wrote:
>
> > Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> > > I would be nice to have a BIGENDIAN host as a buildbot worker.
> >
> > We don't?  Oh, that's bad.  Put that on your todo list.
>
> AFAIK, ia64 and z/Architecture are the only big endian in common use.
> And I do not know anyone using those.  Also, potentially ARM, but I have
> never seen an LE distro for ARM.
>
> Been a LONG time since I powered up a 68000 or PowerPC.
>
> When I did microcode I learned why LE is the preferred choice.  It just
> codes easier.
>
> RGDS
> GARY
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