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Michael Norton wrote:
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> hi,
>
> I am working on some code that is particuliar of byte ordering. Is the G4, running PPC 2000 a BIG_ENDIAN machine?

I think this one was answered before, but...

LinuxPPC (and for that matter, most if not all PPC operating systems)
run in big endian.  The answer to your question in a word is "yes".

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