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/*
 * is-little-endian.c
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>

typedef unsigned char* byte_pointer;

int is_little_endian() {
  int test_num = 0xff;
  byte_pointer byte_start = (byte_pointer) &test_num;

  if (byte_start[0] == 0xff) {
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
  assert(is_little_endian());
  return 0;
}