Nobody wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:31:08 -0700, Richard Thomas wrote: > >> You're reading those bits backwards. You want to read the most >> significant bit of each byte first... > > Says who?
Says Python: >>> bin(192) '0x11000000' That said, I totally agree that there is no inherently right way and I guess Richard was just a smiley or two short in order to have correct markup in his not-so-serious posting. :^) Uli -- Sator Laser GmbH Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list