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2000.10.10 10:39 "Re: IFD / Image data ordering", by Andreas R Kleinert
> RFC 2301 mandates a *profile* of TIFF which must be used by conforming > TIFF writers and which is fully compliant with the TIFF 6.0 specification. > The reason for the forward reference only rule is so that the TIFFs are > usable by limited memory devices which cannot buffer entire files prior > to processing. Such devices are expected to become commonplace in the > Internet Fax appliance market and one of RFC 2301's goals is not to > prohibit such devices. Since when are limited memory devices supposed to be little-endian in the first place ? -- Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de | http://www.ar-kleinert.de | Freelance Consultant & Writer | Software Engineering | *** PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX *** | x86 Win/Linux, 68k/PPC Amiga and more |