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Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes
Date 2013-06-04 13:42 +0000
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On 2013-06-03, Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> wrote:
> ________________________________
>> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:41:41 -0700 
>> Subject: Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes 
>> From: drsalists@gmail.com 
>> To: python-list@python.org 
> [...]
>> Today though, it would be difficult to sell a conventional (Von  
>> Neumann) computer that didn't have 8 bit bytes.  Quantum computers  
>> would still sell if they were odd this way - they're going to be really  
>> different anyway. 
>
> Nowadays it would be a hard task to find a Von Neumann architecture
> machine.
>
> Most of current CPUs are variants of the Harvard architecture: they
> separate instructions from data at the cache level.  

VN designs are still very common in smaller CPUs (embedded stuff).

Even modern desktop CPUs are "logically" still Von Neumann designs
from the programmer's point of view (there's only a single address
space for both data and instructions).  The fact that there are two
sparate caches is almost entirely hidden from the user.  If you start
to do stuff like write self-modifying code, then _may_ start having to
worry about cache coherency.

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How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2013-05-27 16:45 +0200
  Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-27 15:00 +0000
    RE: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-28 03:37 +0300
  Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-27 11:30 -0400
    Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-28 00:31 +0000
      Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-27 20:41 -0400
    Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2013-05-30 20:26 +0200
      Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-30 12:42 -0600
        Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2013-05-30 11:53 -0700
      Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-30 15:22 -0400
        Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2013-06-02 21:25 +0200
          Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-03 05:54 +1000
          Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-02 21:48 -0400
            Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-03 14:31 +0000
              Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-06-03 18:07 -0400
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-03 22:34 +0000
              Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-06-03 15:41 -0700
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-04 13:39 +0000
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 20:51 +0100
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-05 07:49 +1000
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-04 20:34 -0400
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-06-04 22:11 -0700
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 15:00 +0100
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-12 14:42 +0000
              RE: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 02:18 +0300
                Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-04 13:42 +0000
                RE: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 16:58 +0300
              Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-06-03 16:47 -0700
  Re: How to get an integer from a sequence of bytes Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-28 16:04 +0000

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