I used to be careful to use Network Byte Order (defined in some RFC as big-endian) for everything. But for the last several years I use native byte order, and I

I used to be careful to use Network Byte Order (defined in some RFC as big-endian) for everything. But for the last several years I use native byte order, and I haven't been sorry yet. It's significantly faster and simpler for x86, and big-endian systems are very rare these days.