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Subject: Re: Binary and XML serialization of types
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> Yes, if "binary representation of the value" taken in its mathematical
> sense. Yet in the same sentence with "bit-by-bit basis" it may leave a
> [false] impression that maybe the representation here is to refer to a
> representation in the physical memory, which would have a way different
> meaning then.

Hm, if I take physical memory literally, there is no direction (left, right, up, down) whatsoever in hardware, I guess.