Op 3-10-2012 18:33, Kevin Broderick schreef:
I'll add that in the mid-90's, in a University Of Washington lecture hall, Vint Cerf expressed some regret over going with 32 bits. Chuckle worthy and at the time, and a fond memory - K
"Pick a number between this and that." It's the 80's and you can still count the computers in the world. :)
It is/was a "experiment" and you have the choice between a really large and a larger number. Humans are not too good in comparing really large numbers. If it was ever decided to use a smaller value, for the size of the experiment it might have went quite different. The "safe" (larger) choice ended up bringing more pain.
As a time honored ritual, the temporary solution becomes the production solution.
Oops... And that was not quite what Mr Cerf meant to do. Regards, Seth
