Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: OT writing direction Re: endian history Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:14:04 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: <86eceot3gz.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <10uks4f$1dqo$1@gal.iecc.com> <10vnjp6$1df4$1@gal.iecc.com> <10vns1f$3a252$1@dont-email.me> <10vpblp$3mkd1$1@dont-email.me> <10vphh0$3o9jl$1@dont-email.me> <117gj6t$1b95v$2@dont-email.me> <6a9c1c93.39172234@news.eternal-september.org> <117h76c$1i80d$1@dont-email.me> <117hagr$1jf1n$1@dont-email.me> <117hc84$1k4o7$1@dont-email.me> <1788627455-5857@newsgrouper.org> <6a9cc83c.5722312@news.eternal-september.org> <117j391$24qgq$5@dont-email.me> <6a9db0f1.65298453@news.eternal-september.org> <1788739059-5857@newsgrouper.org> <117l0lh$2r1lf$1@dont-email.me> <117lfjn$2uuqs$1@dont-email.me> <86ik4gwvj0.fsf@linuxsc.com> <117nulc$3r0ij$1@dont-email.me> <86tsnqvab6.fsf@linuxsc.com> <118bu44$2kp80$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3288574"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19t/eCC5dyhhZWsgjG/i4AwEXeDzxAdpM0="; posting-host="410b0e977588f2020be66e3609456ad1" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/P/p/kQVzXKUl4EH2Dd9P81ftas= sha1:70Qp7aFaL/7p5iGqJGMXKaoAtj0= sha256:rU6FDUwHaJ43Nj4AF5QB74T67NQbJXRJLGhfVCBgAKw= sha1:qswjt6Jm8a920ukOhwazMzbEtvU= sha256:Ab2nzjDeYQHtXZFzHEF5ykgpH4IpNkqDjTDX+yzbgSc= Xref: csiph.com comp.arch:118107 Stephen Fuld writes: > On 9/15/2026 7:49 AM, Tim Rentsch wrote: [...] >> I'm sorry you took my comments so seriously. They were very much >> meant tongue in cheek. > > I did assume your comments weren't serious, and I apologize if my > "down the rabbit hole" didn't make that clear. :-( Unfortunately it didn't. If you guessed my comments weren't meant to be taken seriously I don't understand why you gave what looked like a serious response. >> That said, let me address your comments. > > Big snip. Thank you. I found your comments interesting. My only > disagreement is that there are a fair number of instances of at least > English being written top to bottom, usually in signs organized > vertically for space reasons. But there, even if they have multiple > lines, are not "continuous" from one line to the next. I think most > people have no trouble reading them I expect such signs are usually written in all capitals, and also in a sans-serif font, both of which makes them easier to read in a top-to-bottom format. >> (My apologies for posting comments that have nothing to do with >> computer architecture.) > > Yes. This will be my last post on this topic. I hope you have no > hard feelings. To me it looks like you want to have it both ways. That's disappointing.