Binary files and XLISP-STAT for the Macintosh PPC

Dear all,

This is a repost of a message I already sent to the list but which has
unfortunately remained unanswered. Since now there seems to be some traffic
on the list, I hope that somebody (Luke Tierney?) can give me an answer.

Last September I posted a message to the list reporting about a problem I
had encountered when reading binary files using XLISP-STAT Release 3.52.16
for the Macintosh PPC.
Steve Majewski came to the conclusion that there was a endianness bug
caused by two commented #define statements located in the file xlisp.h of
the source code distribution. Since the PPC is a big-endian processor,
these two lines must be defined (i.e. uncommented). Uncommenting them
solves the problem.

#define BIGENDIAN /* Define this for correct operation of read-byte and
                                           write-byte in a big-endian system */
#define BIGENDIANFILE /* define this for read-byte and write-byte to
                        utilize bigendian files. This option kept separate
                        so that binary files can be transfered between  xlisp
                        systems on different processors */


I am now in the need to use XLISP-STAT to read and write binary files.
Unfortunately I do not own nor do I have access to MetroWerks CodeWarrior
to do it myself. Is there any hope to see this bug fixed in a new release
of XLISP-STAT? Is Luke Tierney still supporting this wonderful XLISP-STAT?
(the last release for the Macintosh dates back to 1999). Any help very much
appreciated.

Thank you very much for your attention.

cheers
Davide