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gumby
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Ask HN: Is big-endian dead?
Many R-L languages do the same such as German French, Hindi et al.
hondadriver
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I guess you mean L-R. In Dutch and German 1925 is most commonly read as 'nine teen five and twenty' But 2025 as 'two thousand five and twenty'
pritambaral
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Wait, Hindi is neither a R-L language nor does it switch directions for text and numbers.
Source: native Hindi speaker.
gumby
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Yes sorry for too-late-to-edit confusing typo: german Hindi French are all L-R , all big-endian (least significant digit on right) all have numbers which, when spoken, aren’t said in strict digit order.
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