It's by Rob Pike. Not a wise choice of target to nitpick. When he says "I guarantee that [...]", I'm inclined to take his word for it. Nice piece, clearing up

It's by Rob Pike. Not a wise choice of target to nitpick. When he says "I guarantee that [...]", I'm inclined to take his word for it. Nice piece, clearing up a cobweb in a poorly lighted corner. And teaches (with code example) what one really needs to know about handling byte order in data streams.