News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Is big-endian dead?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Is big-endian dead? by ycombobreaker on Friday January 19, 2018 @09:58PM (#16191801)
It absolutely matters for low-latency applications. Maybe not your use case, but it's not nonsense.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Is big-endian dead? by astrodust on Sunday January 21, 2018 @05:39PM (#16200490)
It's nonsense when talking about bytes. As others have pointed out, most switches/routers work with chunks of 16-64 bytes at a time, not singles.
[ Parent | on HN ]