From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.lng.yahoo.com>
Date: 2003-03-31T02:49:56+09:00
Subject: writing a 4 byte Integer to socket

I need to write a value (it should be a Fixnum, but I'm not sure) over
a TCPSocket.
How can I write it in a typical "4 bytes, network byte order" style?

And what if I need to compose a byte and send it over the network?
Is BitVector the only choice?