stored first.  Big-endian is
    also known as network byte order.  Native-endian encoding is
    either little-endian or big-endian depending on <a href="Sys.html#VALbig_endian"><code class="code"><span class="constructor">Sys</span>.big_endian</code></a>.</p>

<p>32-bit and 64-bit integers are represented by the <code class="code">int32</code> and
    <code class="code">int64</code> types, which can be interpreted either as signed or
    unsigned numbers.</p>

<p>8-bit and 16-bit integers are represented 