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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Using representation clauses in networking software
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Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

Perhaps I'm too used to working in an environment where it's fairly
evenly split! And in which the place where performance is crucial is on
a PowerPC.

If you know that your project will never talk to BE systems then even I
would have to agree there is a case.