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Re: [Roll] mixture of storing and non-storing nodes

Philip Levis <pal@cs.stanford.edu> Tue, 04 September 2012 16:54 UTC

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On Sep 4, 2012, at 3:04 AM, Abdussalam Baryun wrote:

> Hi Philip,
> 
> I also think that RPL is complicated, for good reasons, but not always
> complicated protocols should not be optimized or assisted by others.
> However, new ideas and drafts are always recommended.


As an academic, I agree wholeheartedly. Also as an academic, I'd argue that new ideas which do not have a strong application pull are the province of research, not standardization. Our goal here is to standardize practice for interoperability, not come up with new ideas. But that's just my 2 cents.

Phil

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