From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 11 13:37:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA22913 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:37:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA22906 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:37:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-110.cdmo.com (dialup-110.cdmo.com [204.141.95.167]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA00224; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 16:35:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 16:35:18 -0500 Message-Id: <199601112135.QAA00224@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Terry Lambert From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: pppd vs ijppp Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert writes.... >dennis wrote >> Of course, the truly arrogant believe that they can make ANYTHING >> work....so the question bouces back to which is the best way to do >> it. > >Presupposing the superiority of one way or the other. Not necessarily >a valid assumption. 8-). > >If you ask a good software engineer "Cany you write this?", the answer >will always be "yes". This isn't arrogance; if something can be >imagined, and it doesn't violate any physical laws, it can be built. > >Where you have to worry is how long of a delay there is between when >you ask the question and when you get your "yes". And also the difference between finished product and the one originally proposed...once you learn the "truth" db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25