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inet.3: remove mention of VAX endianness

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Machine endianness is not very important in understanding the inet*
functions; the endianness of the VAX is especially so.

PR:		272728
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
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Ed Maste 2023-08-01 13:20:12 -04:00
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@ -191,17 +191,6 @@ a
When four parts are specified, each is interpreted
as a byte of data and assigned, from left to right,
to the four bytes of an Internet address.
Note
that when an Internet address is viewed as a 32-bit
integer quantity on the
.Tn VAX
the bytes referred to
above appear as
.Dq Li d.c.b.a .
That is,
.Tn VAX
bytes are
ordered from right to left.
.Pp
When a three part address is specified, the last
part is interpreted as a 16-bit quantity and placed