package main import ( "fmt" "unsafe" ) const integerSize int = int(unsafe.Sizeof(0)) func isBigEndian() bool { var i int = 0x1 bs := (*[integerSize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&i)) if bs[0] == 0 { return true } else { return false } } func main() { if isBigEndian() { fmt.Println("System is Big Endian (Network Byte Order): uint16 0x1234 is 0x1234 in memory") } else { fmt.Println("System is Little Endian (Host Byte Order): uint16 0x1234 is 0x3412 in memory") } }