> From: jnc(_at_)mercury(_dot_)lcs(_dot_)mit(_dot_)edu (Noel Chiappa)
> Ironically, TCP/IP had variable length addresses put in _twice_, and
> they were removed both times!
Sigh, another correction for the record: it was _three_ times!!! Early
versions of IPv4 (IEN-28, confusingly titled "Draft Internetwork Protocol
Specification: Version 2" - it was actually somewhere between 3.1 and 4;
then IEN-41) also had them; they were removed shortly thereafter (IEN-44).
(Excuse me if I'm having a hard time keep track of this; they got put in
and taken out so many times my head is spinning... :-)
Noel
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