On 28/03/2012 18:33, Boris Zbarsky wrote: > On 3/28/12 2:32 AM, Mark Callow wrote: >> Then, if you are on a big-endian system an app will not be able to read >> & write int, float, etc. into the int32Array, float32Array, etc. > > Why not? Because you said "JS-visible state (will) always be little-endian". Regards -Mark