Re: Another nit
Paul Francis--formerly Tsuchiya <francis@thumper.bellcore.com> Mon, 14 June 1993 21:22 UTC
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From: Paul Francis--formerly Tsuchiya <francis@thumper.bellcore.com>
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To: Garrett.Wollman@uvm.edu, pip@thumper.bellcore.com
Subject: Re: Another nit
> > It would be nice if the punctuation used in specifying PIP addresses > were chosen from a set not already commonly used by various languages > and computer systems as list separators. In particular, I think the > comma is a bad choice. What is the problem? IP uses ".", and as far as I know that seems to be ok. > > Thoughts? I know it sounds trivial, but this /is/ something we have > to think about. (I'd also like to get rid of the hex and replace it > with decimal, for familiarity's sake if nothing else.) > I have always hated decimal IP notation, because I'm always having to mentally covert to hex so I can imagine where the mask might fall. Drives me crazy. (Although, Pip doesn't use masks, so it is probably less significant.) Other opinions? PX PX
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