IBM S/360 mainframes were big-endian, and the most popular machines when the internet was invented. I believe some minicomputers had little-endian format, but based around 16-bit "words"; I distinctly remember seeing one application transferring data to/from a mini-computer which included ...

My kids say it reminds them of Christmas Jetpack!

1. I don't believe in work. 2. I believe in a cushy lifestyle. Good food, clean water, nice clothes. I love programming but I might love the beach even more! There is only one solution: Marry a rich woman who lives near the beach. In some countries, you could marry a rich man, of course. But then w...

Ah, Work -the curse of the drinking classes.

The curse of the smoking classes too, nowadays.

According to Wikipedia, MIDI predates the home computer, and originated in the synthesiser business. The Standard Midi File format was a bit of an add-on.

First computer I used as a student, Elliott 4100, had 24-bit integers and floats as standard, 6-bit character codes. Think ICT 1900/2900 used similar format. Intel 4004 calculator chip, predecessor of all Intels, had 4-bit integers. Only need 4 for a decimal digit! Depended how many transistors or v...

... but I've never heard of a 3-byte integer ... The MIDI fie specification includes one instance of 3-byte integer, and also wierd variable-length integers - lower 7 bits of each byte are data and top bit indicates another byte follows - e.g &h'8307' decodes to &h'0187'. All integers are b...

jj2007 has the simplest answer for Singles or 4-byte integers - well done! My code contains solutions for 2- and 3-byte signed and unsigned integers. Note, however, that my code assumes a 32-bit compile - assumes sizeof(integer) and sizeof(pointer), and does not include 64-bit integers at all. Obvio...

Some stuff I wrote a while back, using asm. (To do with MIDI files) '*********************************************************************** ' Big-endian integer Handling '*********************************************************************** #include once "jevans4949/bigend/bigend.bi" '*...

Thanks, @sancho3, I'll give it a spin. (My example was simplified).)

Is dementia setting in? The following code compiles OK Dim x(0 To 255) As LongInt Function y (z As Long, a() As LongInt) As Integer Function = 0 End Function The following throws error 58: Illegal specification, at parameter 2 (a) of y() in 'Function y ... Dim x(0 To 255) As LongInt Function y (z As...

Suggest you contact Justin Bohemier via his web site and ask whether he is willing to work with you. He may even be willing to share the source code with you, but even if he does it will be probably mean a lot of work, after a lot of learning on your part. Only saw Donkey Kong when my kids were play...

For the while statement,I suppose hopefully the progammer would eventually clock that i will always be less that i+5 ! I suppose with the for statement, maybe we ought to document that the iterator will be set to the startvalue before the endvalue is computed, and any use of the iteraor in the compu...

The fact that C runs into a loop is not illogical; the expressions in a for statement can be anything - not necesarily a loop control. Expression 2 is just evaluated at the bottom of the loop. Other languages ususally direct you that all the expressions (other than incrementing the loop counter and ...

You need to provide more information. What is the format of your input data?

Short answer is that you add up 12 monthly totals and divide by 12.