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From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Using representation clauses in networking software
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On 15 Sie, 21:15, Simon Wright <si...@pushface.org> wrote:

> Stick to network-byte-order on the wire,

Just when ~99% of hardware in use is little-endian?
Sounds like a lost optimization opportunity with absolutely no overall
gain.

Hint: it most likely does not make much difference for individual
words, but things get more interesting with arrays - the longer the
array, the more interesting.

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