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Subject: Re: diff /usr/include/endian.orig.h /usr/include/endian.h > endian.h.diff
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--- I wrote:
>> The x glyph represents the different ways to represent the same number:
>> ...
>> I thought to use (i) of integer, but its glyph does not remember the
>> proverb about Rome.

--- Corinna Vinschen asked:
> You mean "What have the Romans ever done for us?"

=C2=A0 "All roads lead to Rome."

  Answering the question asked by Eric Blake: Why do you need these macros?

  Binary endianness conversion is faster than ASCII conversion.

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