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Also mention runtime ordering selection in the FAQ.

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@@ -436,12 +436,12 @@ gives more pros and cons.</p>
<p><b>Why are only big and little native endianness supported?</b></p>
<blockquote>
<p>These are the only endian schemes that have any practical value today. PDP-11
and the other middle endian approaches are interesting historical curiosities
but have no relevance to today&#39;s C++ developers. The
and the other middle endian approaches are interesting curiosities
but have no relevance for today&#39;s C++ developers. The same is true for
architectures that allow runtime endianness switching. The
<a href="conversion.html#native-order-specification">specification for native
ordering</a> has been carefully crafted to allow support for other
orderings in the future, should the need arise. Thanks to Howard Hinnant for
suggesting draft standarese. </p>
ordering</a> has been carefully crafted to allow support for such orderings in
the future, should the need arise. Thanks to Howard Hinnant for suggesting this. </p>
</blockquote>
<p><b>Why do both the buffer and arithmetic types exist?</b></p>