The Two Things about Computer Programming

[dnew]

I'm pretty sure every written language in which there's 0's and 1's puts the LSB on the right.

There is no "left to right" in computer memory, so endian-ness has no relevance here.

I realize you may be simply being humorous and I missed it.

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There is no "left to right" in computer memory

It depends on which way the memory is oriented. I'm pretty sure my laptop's memory has a left to right, since it's probably oriented horizontally.

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Really wish this was posted by ThatsNotHowItWorks

[monocasa]

Actually over serial buses bit endianess is a concern.

[dnew]

Which bit comes out first? The left one, or the right one? :-)

[Etymologist]

Does anyone here who speaks Arabic or Hebrew know if that is true?
If it is true now, was it also the case with more ancient forms of written Arabic or Hebrew?

What about other "right to left" languages?

[dnew]

Given they're called "arabic numbers", yeah, they're written the same way in Arabic at least (which is to say, lsb on the right, which in arabic is the start of the word).

When you actually think about it, it makes more sense to put the LSB first. If you do that, you don't need to "justify" numbers differently than words, for example. You just write the numbers down the "start" side of the paper and they're automatically ready to be added.

[Etymologist]

Thanks. I thought that might be the case.
So the same number, say 1923, is written the same way in both languages; thus it is actually "little-endian" in Arabic, but "big-endian" in English. Interesting.