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Date:      Wed, 05 Mar 2003 11:01:28 +0000
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        tlambert2@mindspring.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removal of netns - politically correct version
Message-ID:  <E18qWeO-0002ub-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <m2n.s.18qUke-000q59@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
References:  <3E6539B5.2F5D31B@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030305084442.037e9fa0@gid.co.uk>

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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>Given that the current TCP/IP stack no longer matches the Stevens
>books, and given that Stevens is too dead to update the books to
>the new FreeBSD stack, even if he wanted to, it's useful to have
>a relatively simple set of code that can be understood without a
>book that's not getting written.

Actually the Stevens books are still useful as a guide to the FreeBSD
IP stack because they give the important overview and description of
how the parts fit together. The details might be different but not
enough to confuse a competent programmer.

Tony.
-- 
f.a.n.finch  <dot@dotat.at>  http://dotat.at/
ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES: CYCLONIC BECOMING WEST OR SOUTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8,
OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 IN MALIN AND HEBRIDES AT FIRST. SQUALLY SHOWERS.
GOOD.

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