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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Byte Addressability And Beyond
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 05:50:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 07 May 2024 21:56:35 -0600, John Savard wrote:

> But I fail to see why the last one needs to be consistent, except as an
> aesthetic preference.

Not just inconsistency, but the fact that the numbering has to be 
different depending on the size of the multibyte quantity.

Only little-endian allows this numbering to be both consistent and 
constant.