BF: reading stata files - unpack read value describing stored byte order
Otherwise comparison would always result in "low endian" .  Seems to resolve all the gory stata files reading tests on sparc at least 
closes #5781 

whoosh! thanks seems simple enough
 thanks @yarikoptic 
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 That was a simple fix.  In principle someone should probably test the .dta files created on a big endian platform in Stata. I have tested the files created in the test suite in Stata, but only on LE.
 Hard since most commodity hardware is using x86 which is little endian. Sparc I think is only on specific sun systems which are not feasible for any of us to purchase. That said sometimes these builds do find bugs. 
 yep the debian guys run all of the builds on lots of hardware
 On Fri, 30 May 2014, Phillip Cloud wrote:

>    Sparc I think is only on specific sun systems which are not feasible for
>    any of us to purchase. 

FWIW: used sparcs are actually more than affordable.  companies simply get rid
of them after a year or two pass the service contract expiring. And
since they are not that popular as a commodity x86 -- they are quite
cheap

look at
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&_nkw=sparc&_sacat=0&_from=R40
for a hundred or two you can get a reasonable sparc box

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 Interesting. Thanks @yarikoptic
 I am sorry for ruining your dream @cpcloud that you had a very wealthy cyber-friend -- my sparcs are recycled 2000 and 2005 boxes too ;)
 You must use Raid for debugging those :)
 >    You must use Raid for debugging those :)
> whatever works... ;)

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