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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Using representation clauses in networking software
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:25:33 -0700 (PDT), Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> 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?

This does not change anything.

The fact is that the *relevant* endianness is one on the wire. Believe or
not, but it is normal practice that two little-endian machines would
exchange big-endian encoded numbers if the protocol mandates it.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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