From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2001-01-20T07:38:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9572] Re: Fast, loose, and out of control

Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

# > |This is all relative. Here is a procedure that requires a String as a
# > |parameter; it does not work on big-endian machines; it depends on the
# > |implementation of String; it depends on the memory layout of String. 

# > Hmm, I'm considering to restrict "P", which is pretty nasty.
# > "P" will only retrieve the pointer which previously packed by "P".
# > I should have done long before.

Ahh, that reminds me about something I forgot to ask when this topic first 
came up.

What is the recommended Ruby way to determine whether you are (or a 
particular thread is) running on a big-endian or little-endian CPU?

Conrad Schneiker
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