Little-endian YDL?

[Robert Sanders]

Hey y'all,
   First, I hope folks don't mind the cross-post.
   Has anyone tried, or does anyone have any comments on a 
*little-endian* version
of YDL?  I believe the PowerPC can operate in both little-endian and 
big-endian modes, and
I think I've seen reports from gcc of little-endian powerpc builds. 
I'm wondering about this
because one of the tools we use at work "equates" linux with 
little-endian byte ordering, and
we have several algorithms that are counting on this ordering.  These 
algorithms have been
more-or-less hand crafted in fortran and C expecting the x86 
little-endian byte ordering.  I've
gotten this tool to compile and run nicely under big-endian YDL, but 
haven't had the time
to try and recode these little-endian required apps for big-endian.
   I'm not trying to get into a 'big-endian' vice 'little-endian' war, 
just wondering what the YDL
community thinks of the merits of a YDL little-endian version.  Could 
it work on the various
PowerPC platforms out there, other porting issues, etc.

						Thanks....


							Rob