Well......
Charm, endianness (byte order) is no joking matter actually. (And just to make it even more confusing there is a bi-endian (really)). This really mattered for data integrity. So if you are using a x86 x64 (mac, linux, windows system) you are a "little-endian" (or reformed)
Regarding PEG dependence/addiction: It is no laughing matter really, still I cannot get the picture of a seedy character in a dark back alley selling PEG tubes out of my mind ......
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