Very disappointing this wasn't about `pack()` and `unpack()` functions found in many scripting languages for encoding values to a binary string[1]. [1]: https:

Very disappointing this wasn't about `pack()` and `unpack()` functions found in many scripting languages for encoding values to a binary string[1]. [1]: https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/pack https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/pack