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The C23 edition of Modern C

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515 points bwidlar | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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eqvinox ◴[16 Oct 24 12:54 UTC] No.41858531[source]▶
> The storage order, the endianness, as given for my machine, is called little-endian. A system that has high-order representation digits first is called big-endian. Both orders are commonly used by modern processor types. Some processors are even able to switch between the two orders on the fly.

Calling big endian "commonly used by modern processor types" when s390x is really the only one left is a bit of a stretch ;D

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legends2k ◴[16 Oct 24 16:03 UTC] No.41860712[source]▶
Arm is bi-endian and is alive in most phones.

I agree with another GP's comment that modern doesn't mean popular/widely used.

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1. kelsey98765431 ◴[16 Oct 24 16:18 UTC] No.41860906[source]▶
MipsBE is very common in edge devices on many networks. You may have 5 MipsBE devices in your home or office without realizing. It's almost never an issue so nobody cares, but they are common.