Big vs Little Endian
The cluster discusses the debate between big-endian and little-endian byte orders, their relevance in modern hardware like x86 and ARM, network protocols, and software handling.
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Network byte order is big endian so it is far from being pretty much irrelevant these days.
Does anyone big endian anymore?
Keep in mind not all machines are Little Endian. This assumption is wrong.
Hint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness
Please tell me it's adjustable between little- and big- endian.
Big endian vs little endian hardware?
You're not going to lure me into a big-endian vs little-endian argument :-)
In which case do you need to test big endian? Compiler or low-level library development?
Sometimes it's best to go with the classics: big-endian versus little-endian.
Is there a good reason not to use big endian?