Re: "Programmers can't get IPv6 thus that is why they do not have IPv6 in their applications"....

[Jeroen Massar <jeroen () unfix org>]

On 2012-11-29 13:53 ,  . wrote:
> On 29 November 2012 12:48, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins () arbor net> wrote:
> > On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> >
> > > What's the proper term for software which happens to access the network?
> >
> > Just about anything, these days.
> >
> > ;>
> >
> > 'Network-enabled' or 'network-capable' software, maybe?
>
> Connecting a app to a network is a fundamental change, so perhaps
> change the app to become a "network app".  A piece of software
> connected to a network turns from a product into a service.
>
> "Programmers" is to a wide group of people.  I am PHP programmer. How
> will ipv6 impact me? nothing, probably.

*ahem*

As Owen already alluded to, some programs (PHP also) actually store IP
addresses in databases. Thus if you where storing those as 32bit, you
are out of luck.

[..]
> There are two groups of programmers, a)  these that have programming
> only as a job,  and  b) these that invest time beyond that.

Group a for you? :)

Greets,
 Jeroen