(I have no definite informstion, really), but it seems to me that the
instruction set space is pretty scarce.
I think sparing a bit for endian-ness is NOT an option. Maybe there are some
specialised load instructions that have an endian-ness flag, but I somewhat
doubt it.
It all depends on how important the chip designers think this feature is.
Maybe they think x86 compatibility demands it, maybe not.
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