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Byte-order, alignment, LSB, etc.

null_pointer · 2000-04-06T23:15:26

I know different OSes use different memory schemes, store their numbers differently, etc. Are there just two basic ways to store numbers (LSB and MSB), or is it pretty much up to the OS? Could someone please explain how different OSes accomplish this, and how to convert between them (in English, please )? I''m using C++ but C code would be fine, too. Or am I not understanding this topic? All I need to know is how to get information (structs, ints, chars, whatever!) from one OS to another, programmatically. Thanks in advance! - null_pointer Sabre Multimedia

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Started by null_pointer April 05, 2000 12:16 PM

10 comments, last by null_pointer 24 years ago

dog135

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April 06, 2000 08:03 PM

While we''re on this subject, if you''re using little endian, (Intell chips) and you do a binary shift, wouldn''t that mess up the number? (if it''s over 1 byte) I sometimes do this to quickly multiply/divide a number by 2. (I''m on a Mac and it uses big-endian)

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