Re: Variable length internet addresses in TCP/IP: history

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>> The problem with variable-length addressing that, in practice, one needs
>> to specify a maximum length.
> 
> In some practical terms, perhaps, but there are extensibility schemes that
> allow 
> the payload (addressing bits, in this case, to go on forever, in theoretical
> terms.

One example would be a linked-list of strides...

- Wes

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