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Re: [P1619-2] the EME2 ref code vs. byte-oriented pseudocode

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Matt Ball <matt.ball@ieee.org> wrote:
> Hi Hal,
>
> Using 0x80 vs. 0x01 is a Big-Endian vs. Little-Endian issue.

Hi Matt - Right, I understand this. As it happens, the multByAlpha
function in EME2 performs *left* shifts of the bits within a byte, so
this would suggest that 0x80 would be most appropriately thought of as
the "next bit" after a byte, for padding purposes.

Hal