Subj : Re: Synchronet can maybe.
To   : Digital Man
From : Tracker1
Date : Sat Jul 30 2005 06:11 pm

Digital Man wrote:
>> Like 1<<1 vs 1>>1 ... iirc byte order isn't part of the js spec, or wasn't
>> earlier on...
> 
> Those operators are not endian-specific. The only time endianness really comes
> into play is when reading/writing an integer to/from disk or a communications
> pipe (e.g. TCP socket).
> 
> Since core JS doesn't include any methods for reading/writing to disk or
> sockets, I don't see how endianness could be an issue.

okay, just tested this...
     javascript:alert(1<<1);

Looks like it works correctly on newer browsers, but will swear that a few 
years ago, it explicitly did *not* work right on at least one mac browser, 
don't recall if it was ie or nn... but do recall having endian issues in JS on 
a mac before.  *shrug*

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