Well, I have my doubts that big endian will ever truly die. Is anyone ready to take on globally switching network byte order? Maybe we should start adding a magic number to every packet so we can tell which ordering it is using. Ha

> Remember: your mom picked up your dirty laundry from your floor, and software people are like the super-moms of the world.

Lots of Linus gold in this reply, but this one really made me chuckle.

On one hand, it's just Linus Torvalds calling it like he sees it, without giving too much considerations to things he deems less important, like, say, how the recipients of his message might feel.

On the other hand, as always, he makes good points, hard to refute.