long)</TT> returns <TT>#xff454c46</TT> whose
string representation is "ELF".

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If <EM>vector</EM>, which can be a foreign-string,
is specified, address is recognized as an offset
from the vector's origin.
<TT>(sys:peek "123456" 2 :short)</TT> returns short word
representation of "34", namely #x3334 (13108).

<P>
Be careful about the address alignment:
reading short, integer, long, float, double word
at odd address may cause bus error by most CPU architectures.
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