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Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 02:39:29 +0000


On Jan 9, 2011, at 12:11 AM, Sam Stickland wrote:

Why do you say there is zero state at the server, but the not at the client? 

Because every incoming connection to the server is unsolicited - therefore, there's no pre-existing state to evaluate.

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Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid, with millions
of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but
just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.

                          -- Alan Kay



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