Big endian code is more human friendly. Bytes appear sequentially in memory in the order they are used making text and numbers easier to read when debugging. It is also easier to change programs to use different data sizes. For example, let's say we are loading 32 bits at a time and then change the program to load 64 bits at a time. The order of the data doesn't change with big endian. Little endian requires knowing the sizes of all data accesses and reordering the data appropriately if they change. Little endian made sense when fetching the least significant bytes was important for multi-precision integer math of data in memory with no caches but those days are long gone. It looked like big endian would win at one point but little endian has come back now and big endian is now near extinction. Fewer and fewer software and hardware developers are caring about supporting big endian. This is not good for the Amiga unless deciding to break compatibility and create a little endian Amiga which AROS has tried with no noticeable gain in market share.
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This wouldn't be the first time A-Eon/AmigaKit were "busy" and difficult to contact.
Sorry, I don't undertand that connection to what I said.
I was replying to Trixie about 3 things missing from the site. The X5000 h/w listing. Any and all versions of AmigaOS. And absence of Hyperion from their "Manufacturer" list.
Since then arose the inability to get a response about the 3 versions of uboot being used on said h/w, which were also linked to.
This includes the Mark Olsen approved version "U-Boot molsen-2018-10-05", which would be the current "fixed" version. This version is not offered nor was a response obtained on how someone without this version could acquire it.
Considering I also linked to the post about Hyperion cancelling their classic contract, all of the above also smells of a cancelled contract. Feel free to disagree.
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