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| DATE | 2005-08-23 |
| FROM | From: "Steve Milo"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: GTM on OSX WAS: [Hardhats-members] more M read questions
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> Can someone shead light on this for me?
>
> On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 00:27, jae kim wrote:
> > ugghh, I didn't know the other thread was talking
> > about reading files by M. It must be the longest thread,
> > 69 emails so far. anyway, I stopped reading it after about 20.
> > i'll wait until all the smart people figure out how to handle
> > millions of patients worth of data file to convert from
> > 32 bit big-endian to 64 bit little-endian machine.
> >
>
> What? I thought the file is stored the same no matter the OS or the
> CPU. Its a function of the drive's internal firmware. All that matters
> is to read it. It's not like a floppy.
>
> Ruben
If I understand correctly the way data is stored depends on the OS, how the program was created, and what kind of compiler was used and what options were utilized.
Steve M
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