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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Byte Addressability And Beyond
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 01:10:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 08 May 2024 20:50:53 -0600, John Savard wrote:

> On Wed, 8 May 2024 05:54:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 07 May 2024 22:01:36 -0600, John Savard wrote:
>>
>>> But the third item is character stirings, used in input and output to
>>> represent numbers. They should be the same as packed decimal to make
>>> conversion between the two simpler.
>>
>> No, because character string conversion is subject to localization
>> issues.
> 
> I agree that little-endian computers make sense for people whose native
> language is Hebrew or Arabic.

That doesn’t actually make any sense.