From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   BGB  schrieb:   
   > On 12/28/2025 12:55 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:   
   >> MitchAlsup [2025-12-28 17:43:25] wrote:   
   >>> In order to stop the BE::LE war, one could always do a Middle Endian   
   >>> bit/Byte order. You start in the middle and each step goes right-then-left.   
   >>   
   >> I thought the solution was to follow the Cray 1's lead, where memory is   
   >> only every accessed in units of the same size (a "word").   
   >>   
   >   
   > Apparently DEC Alpha did this:   
   >    Nothing smaller than 64 bits in HW.   
   >   
   > So, you want byte-oriented memory access or similar? Implement it yourself.   
      
   That turned out to be a mistake, which they later corrected with the   
   BWX extension.   
      
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