Some strange things in BMP format

[suslik]

I'm curious:
1) Why are image rows in BMP stored bottom-up (almost always)? Top-down order is more naturally and easier to show.
2) Why are palette entries BGR not RGB?

[iansjack]

Blame OS/2: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8346 ... pside-down

[suslik]

Thanks. Shame on me - my Google skills are bad.
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