On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:11:50PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > The MIPS ABI only covers big endian systems - every "real" MIPS UNIX > > system is big endian. Everything else is a GNU extension. There is > > hardly any reason to choose a particular byteorder as usually endianess > > swapping takes so little CPU time that it isn't even meassurable but so > > I'm told there are exceptions. If portability of software you're > > going to write wrt. external data representation (disk or network) is > > of any importance then I suggest you use a system of the opposite > > endianess which trip problems much faster. > > I really like the last part! ;-) > > BTW, you forgot to mention to go for a full 64-bit port, to trip even more > problems faster :-) Fortunately in practice that hasn't been a minefield as big as you'd imagine. Ralf
