byte order in chapter 15
Hello,
Stones & Matthew's book Beginning Linux Programming 4/e, chapter 15, in section of "byte order", it said about Intel processor: 1-2-3-4 with a remark that 1 is the most significant byte. While introducing IBM PowerPC, the book mentioned 4-3-2-1 byte order.
Intel should be little endian. PowerPC should be big endian.
Therefore, in "1-2-3-4", 4 should be the most significant byte. 1 should NOT be the MSB.
The 3/e of this book made the same mistake.
Anybody agrees with me?
Warm regards,
Joel Ding
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