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It was / is a very straightforward question. Given this C fragment:

  u16 x = 1;
  u8 * px = (u8 *)&x;

What byte does px point to? LSB orders means that it points to the least significant byte (that has value 1); MSB order means it points to the most significant byte (value 0).

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    int* x; // x is an int-pointer
    int *y; // dereferencing y gives an int
    int * z; // int multiplied by z

I'm being silly, but floating the the asterisk between the type and the identifier gives me the same feeling as the "array indices start at 0.5" compromise mentioned earlier.

(For the record, the second way is the universal and objective truth.)

But when you say "the second way" are you counting from zero or from one?

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