Re: Endianness of Java Virtual Machine

karthikbalaguru wrote:
Hi,
Is 'Java Virtual Machine' Big-Endian ?
Or
Is it independent of Endianness ? (That is Bi-Endian)

Can someone provide some link in the internet that discusses
more about this ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru


Java is big-endian insofar as its Data{In,Out}putStream assumes big-endianness and the class file specification is big-endian. From most developers' standpoints, it is endian-agnostic.

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Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
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