beginning of endianness discussion

section_3/endian/.vscode/settings.json

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+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "ostream": "cpp",
+        "iomanip": "cpp"
+    }
+}

section_3/endian/main.cpp

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+/*  Determine Endianness
+    Perry Kivolowitz
+    Carthage College
+*/
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cinttypes>
+#include <string>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+template <class T>
+string Dump(T & i) {
+    stringstream ss;
+    unsigned char * p = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(&i);
+
+    ss << hex << setfill('0');
+    for (uint32_t counter = 0; counter < sizeof(T); counter++) {
+        ss << setw(2) << static_cast<int>(*(p++));
+    }
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+int main() {
+    int16_t i16 = 0x0123;
+    int32_t i32 = 0x01234567;
+    int64_t i64 = 0x0123456789ABCDEF;
+
+    cout << hex << setfill('0');
+    cout << "Endianness of this computer:\n";
+    cout << "i16: " << setw(16) << Dump(i16) << " value: " << setw(16) << i16 << endl;
+    cout << "i32: " << setw(16) << Dump(i32) << " value: " << setw(16) << i32 << endl;
+    cout << "i64: " << setw(16) << Dump(i64) << " value: " << setw(16) << i64 << endl;
+    cout << "If little endian, column 1 will not equal column 2.\n";
+    return 0;
+}