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		rags2riches on Nov 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inverting a binary tree using x64 assembly Arabic numerals are little endian when writing right-to-left. Like Arabic is written.

mananaysiempre on Nov 24, 2022 | [–]

Indic scripts are LTR, and so stayed the big-endian numerals when they were borrowed by medieval Islamic mathematicians. Numerals in modern spoken Arabic are big endian (mostly, with an exception for the teens that also exists in English).

quelsolaar on Nov 24, 2022 | [–]

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