Lloyd Wood wrote:
Meeting the needs of the top layer is imo best understood by the
top-layer group, which works within the framework already established
by the bottom-layer group. That way you may well end up with something
sucky, but at least it should be adequate to the needs of the top
layer.
Not necessarily. The top-layer people may not have expertise on how to
use the bottom-layer protocol. For example, HTTP performed badly until
it was overhauled by people who knew TCP.
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