In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
> >
> > I can't remember ever seeing any software computer use for numbers,
> > whether binary, octal, decimal or hex, where the most significant digit
> > wasn't first.
> >
>
> My father-in-law was well-versed in these matters of low-level
> programming. I'd ask him about this topic but he's dead. I'm not sure
> what you guys mean by "first" anyway.

"First" is the digit on the left, since we read left to right.

> My guess is that in a computer,
> the weight of the data through the buss depends on if you're reading or
> writing. Wouldn't that be the case since you're dealing with the serial
> transmission of data?

I tend to think of computer buses as parallel rather than serial.
Reading and writing would most likely be the same, anyway.

> I doubt that any of this matters as far as how we prefer to notate
> dates. Mostly, it will vary depending on the region.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA