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		dgshsg 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The future of 32-bit support in the kernel We'll have to deal with it forever in network protocols. Thankfully that's rather walled off from most software.

newpavlov 35 days ago [–]

As well as in a number of widely spread cryptographic algorithms (e.g. SHA-2), which use BE for historic reasons.

NooneAtAll3 35 days ago | [–]

just call it 2-AHS and you're done :)

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