From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2003-01-09T16:23:07+09:00
Subject: Re: String#unpack and big-endian versus little-endian

> See http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref_c_string.html#String.unpack.
>
> In particular, 'V' and 'N' may do what you want.

How did I miss those?!  There were heaps of others that were of use to me, 
too, for unpacking shorts and doubles.

My apologies for being so blind.  Perhaps it has something to do with having 
been up until 0200 getting a damned USB ADSL modem going ... and then having 
to get up at 0500 to go to work :-(.

Harry O.