Re: "professional" in an IETF context

Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 1 Nov 2021 14:24:07 -0400

    Stewart Bryant wrote:

            It could be. But IPv6 was
              made workable by clever modifications over time and now it
              works pretty well and widely used.

      To quote a well known phrase, “you may think that, but I
        could not possible comment” … but I will.

    Or to quote another long-term protocol world denizen "you could do
    that, but it would be silly."

    Miles Fidelman

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In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

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Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. 
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