[Haskell-cafe] Re: Endianess

Henning Thielemann wrote:

Of course, we write down 243, realize the mistake and rewrite the number. :-) Actually, many pupils have problems with the mixed order of digits and give solutions like this one in examinations: 8 * 8 = 46 because they write the digits as they speak them. That's one of the reasons the mentioned assocation was founded for.

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