From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2005-11-03T20:17:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Detect if the computer is little or big endian

>>>>> "P" == Patrik Maunus <anryla@telia.com> writes:

P> How can I know if my computer is little or big endian with Ruby?

 You can test if [1].pack("I") == [1].pack("N")


rex% ruby -rrbconfig -e 'p Config::CONFIG["host"] if [1].pack("N") == [1].pack("I")'
"sparc-sun-solaris2.7"
rex% 

moulon% ruby -rrbconfig -e 'p Config::CONFIG["host"] unless [1].pack("N") == [1].pack("I")'
"i686-pc-linux-gnu"
moulon% 


Guy Decoux