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From: Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>
Subject: Re: Byte Order
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:31:04 +0000
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r_zaca wrote:

>   Thanks a lot, that is what I was looking for. A simple test that I can do, 
> using some C conde, to find out if the machine where the program is running 
> on uses Big or Little endian "memory organization". 

	#include <endian.h>
	
	#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
		...
	#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
		...
	#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __PDP_ENDIAN
		...
	#endif

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Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>