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by **Sebastien Pamar** » Mon, 10 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Hello,

Is there a unix system function to determine the computer memory
ogranization ?

Thanks,

Sebastien Pamart

by **Juergen Hein** » Mon, 10 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>Hello,

>Is there a unix system function to determine the computer memory
>ogranization ?

[...]
No, although an easy way might be ...
/*
** network byte order is big endian
*/
if( htonl( 0x1234ul ) == 0x1234ul ) {
big_endian();

Quote:} else {

little_or_pdp11_endian();

Quote:}

... aside from other solutions.

Cheers,
Juergen

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