On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 09:29:18AM -0700, Jack Johnson wrote:
> Alan Kay wrote:
> 
> >Now, let's check the next part of this important knowledge. Who was it 
> >that came up with the Swiftian terms "big- and little- endian" to apply 
> >to computers? And roughly when?
> 
> http://www.netrino.com/Publications/Glossary/Endianness.html
> 
> "A few hundred years later, in 1981, Danny Cohen applied the terms and 
> the satire to our current situation in IEEE Computer (vol. 14, no. 10)."
> 

The first version of that article (1. April 1980) is available online:

ON HOLY WARS AND A PLEA FOR PEACE (IEN 137 Danny Cohen U S C/I S I)

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/staff/magi/personal/humour/Shaggy_Dog/On%20Holy%20Wars%20and%20a%20Plea%20for%20Peace.html


   Marcus

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