Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:24:54 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Cc: sam@errno.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c Message-ID: <20050408.162454.74411948.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <22307.1112996518@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <4256BF44.2000100@errno.com> <22307.1112996518@critter.freebsd.dk>
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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <4256BF44.2000100@errno.com>, Sam Leffler writes:
:
: >> And besides, a formatted sysctl has no binary compatibility issues at
: >> all. I like that too.
: >>
: >
: >Sure, that's the downside; you need to design binary protocols with care
: >(this is a protocol after all).
:
: And given that X.400 is dead and SMTP lives I would say that an ascii
: based protocol is preferable.
But given that TCP/IP lives, I'm not sure that this is a valid
argument.
Warner
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