Re: [tlug] Wifi interactions between English and Japanese OS'es/Networks.

[Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com>]

Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> amazed us all with:
>> On 10/09/06, bruno raoult <bruno@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > But you can be sure that language settings (your question) are not
>> > involved in this traffic. There is no "character set negotiation"
>> > at low levels...
>> 
>> Sure there is. You've never heard of htonl, htons, ntohl, and ntohs!? ;-P

Just in case people didn't notice Josh's smiley, I counsel you-all to
flush any recollection you may have that htonl/htons/etc. have anything
to do with either "character set negotiation" or low-level networking.

Those functions are used for driving sockets, which are relatively
high up the networking feedchain, i.e. above IP; are not a matter
of negotiation (whether they are null or not depends on the processor
architecture of the machine used), and deal only with byte-ordering of 
integers (i.e. big-endian vs little-endian).

>> --Josh "yes, I am a professional smartass" Glover

Naruhodo.

Jim (retired professional pedant)


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