Re: [arch-d] FYI: closure of the IAB Stack Evolution program

[John Leslie <[e-mail]>]

Fernando Gont <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 25/8/19 19:48, John Leslie wrote:
> >    However, [e-mail] _really_shouldn't_ abandon hope
>> of deploying a new transport protocol: it's _hard_; it may not happen in
>> my lifetime; but the Internet, or its replacement, _will_ need a new
>> transport procotol some day...
> 
> I tend to associate hope with religion, rather than engineering. :-)

   Actually, religion is about "belief," not "hope".

   "Hope" is about imagining a future; and implies that it's a future we
_might_ agree to work towards. (A religious person might pray for God's
help; but _anyone_ could keep the idea in mind in case something changes.)

> Certainly, hope will not get us there. Probably nothing will... but if
> there's any chance that something that will, it's certainly not 'hope'
> but some sort of action -- whatever it is.

   I won't argue lingustics here. You're welcome to substitute your own
word. My point is that we shouldn't rule out a future where we _can_
deploy a new transport protocol, even if we believe it "too hard" right
now.

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John Leslie <[e-mail]>