variable length addresses are a better idea than it appears at first
glance. they do bring certain difficulties with them, especially when
trying to do fiber-speed switching in hardware.
Poppycock. Hardware for switching variable length addresses
first showed up about 15 YEARS ago. This is Not Hard at all.
sorry, I should have said addresses of arbitrary length.
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