Reversing byte order in .NET

Question

In the code below, why do X and Y take on different values than what I would think intuitively?

If the bytes 0-7 are written to the buffer, shouldn\'t the resulting

Answer 1

If you care about the endian-ness of your bytes, Jon Skeet wrote a class to allow you to choose the endian-order when you do the conversion.

See C# little endian or big endian?