Add support for big-endian architectures #21
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Big-endian compatibility tested with `qemu-mips`
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| * The storage of an object's type and GC mark assumes a little-endian system and | ||
| will not work correctly on systems of other endianness | ||
| * The storage of an object's type and GC mark assumes a little-endian or | ||
| big-endian system and will not work correctly on systems of other endianness |
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I have heard that there is mixed-endian (not bi-endian), but I don't even know where it is actually used. So I'm not sure if the issue is completely solved.
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Well, mixed-endian is rather academic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Middle-endian
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I have a new phobia: the obsessive feeling that there is a third byte order somewhere.
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FYI I made a big endian PowerPC port http://aminet.net/package/dev/lang/fe
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From personal experience, I realized that it is very inconvenient to check every time you need #define FE_BIGENDIAN. So, I made an automatic endian check. If you consider it necessary, you can update your port.
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Big-endian compatibility tested with
qemu-mips