IEEE floating point byte ordering

[kencclark]

Can anyone confirm that the byte ordering of Intel x86 IEEE floating point binary data is reversed with respect to PowerPC (big endian) data? I have a file containing binary floating point data that was created on an x86 machine, and I need to read it on a PowerPC machine. I'm trying to understand whether the IEEE floating point standard specifies the exact byte ordering, or whether the byte ordering depends upon the processor...

[James_M_Intel1]

I've not used a PowerPC-based system, but, Yes, Intel x86 processors are little endian. You might want to search the web however. In my short search I found that PowerPC processors are switchable allowing them to be configured as little endian or big endian.