I don't know why you got downvoted. Your idea is valid and people may not have realized that htonl has friends an relatives that totally make the issue of the a

I don't know why you got downvoted. Your idea is valid and people may not have realized that htonl has friends an relatives that totally make the issue of the article moot. #define _BSD_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include <endian.h> uint16_t htobe16(uint16_t host_16bits); uint16_t htole16(uint16_t host_16bits); uint16_t be16toh(uint16_t big_endian_16bits); uint16_t le16toh(uint16_t little_endian_16bits); uint32_t htobe32(uint32_t host_32bits); uint32_t htole32(uint32_t host_32bits); uint32_t be32toh(uint32_t big_endian_32bits); uint32_t le32toh(uint32_t little_endian_32bits); uint64_t htobe64(uint64_t host_64bits); uint64_t htole64(uint64_t host_64bits); uint64_t be64toh(uint64_t big_endian_64bits); uint64_t le64toh(uint64_t little_endian_64bits);