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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Binary and XML serialization of types
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:04:44 +0100
Date: 2014-02-04T14:04:44+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <r0xx7z5e68qy.1oy1v7o5tp213$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f8fdadec-0170-44ef-85ea-df694aa14b5c@googlegroups.com

On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 03:20:16 -0800 (PST), AdaMagica wrote:

>> 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.

Left = bigger machine addresses. There are all sorts interesting questions
regarding middle-endian machines, but IMO this is a good (or bad) as left =
bigger value.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de


  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-04 13:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-23 18:53 Binary and XML serialization of types hanslad
2014-01-23 19:15 ` adambeneschan
2014-01-23 19:17   ` adambeneschan
2014-01-23 19:58     ` hanslad
2014-01-23 20:03       ` adambeneschan
2014-01-23 21:00       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-01-24  8:54         ` hanslad
2014-01-24 10:01           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-01-24 14:44             ` hanslad
2014-01-24 15:22               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-01-31  9:51                 ` hanslad
2014-01-31 10:49                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-02-04 10:33                     ` AdaMagica
2014-02-04 11:14                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-02-04 11:20                         ` AdaMagica
2014-02-04 13:04                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2014-02-04 17:16                             ` AdaMagica
2014-02-04 17:57                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-02-04 22:34                               ` Simon Wright
2014-02-05  9:02                                 ` AdaMagica
2014-02-05  9:39                                   ` Simon Wright
2014-02-05 10:35                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-02-05 13:03                                     ` AdaMagica
2014-02-05 13:44                                       ` G.B.
2014-02-05 15:34                                       ` Niklas Holsti
2014-02-06  1:32                                       ` adambeneschan
2014-01-24 17:36             ` Simon Wright
2014-01-24  8:44       ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-01-24 17:13         ` Simon Wright
2014-01-23 22:44   ` Simon Wright
2014-01-23 23:43     ` adambeneschan
2014-01-24  0:58       ` Randy Brukardt
2014-01-24  8:29       ` Oliver Kleinke
2014-01-24 16:22         ` adambeneschan
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