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Date:	Fri, 01 Oct 1999 11:32:15 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen DOT de>
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To:	Erik Hensema <erik DOT hensema AT group2000 DOT nl>
CC:	"'Zhang, John'" <John DOT Zhang AT neonsoft DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: Winsock call to UNIX
References:	<A01E735D4940D311A3850090275559330BA96C AT NTSRV02>

Erik Hensema wrote:
> [...]
> You should use the htons() and htonl() functions on win32 in order to
> correct the little/big endian problem.

Paranoid correction:

	Use htons/htonl and ntohs/ntohl not only on win32 but on
	_each_ system! If you ignore it only because you know, that
	the endian problem doesn't exist on your system (by chance),
	you'll never get portable code.

Regards,
Corinna



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