why don't we use IPs with dynamic length, like in utf-8? (not exactly like utf-8, don't be dense)first byte announces how many bytes of the IP address will follow. this way you keep the backwards compatibility and don't have a hard, upper limitipv6 might have a lot of addresses too, more than humanity will need, but the same was said of ipv4. going overkill (ZFS for example) always appears to be a good strategy in the long run
>>110284099No, just add two more and make it ipv6 as in 127.0.0.0.0.1This is the true ipv6 not that trash haxxor skiddie shit FFFF:::::0000
>>110284099variable-length encoding is bad for hardware units. fixed packets mean you can look at fixed offsets.
>>110284201Fact. But instead make it 8 bytes.
>>110284099Dynamic length isn't real over the wire. Packets have a fixed size.
>>110284099If the charger moves a quarter of an inch on that grated table itll SKKKKKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRRRImpossible to buffer scratchesBane of my mortal existenceThat Apple plastic scratches if your foul fingernail interrupts its delicate zenOther than that and App stores restriction bullshit Apple is actually safe to use unlike Android's green bubble doxx shit
>>110284099ASICs. Yes they can handle it now, but back then that would have been a problem.
>>110284099One day IP v6 will be viable… once we have 128-bit processors.
