On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 01:48:53PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Unfortunately, everybody forgets that TCP/IP is two state machines on different computers that are in *absolute lockstep* with one another.
It's also a very widley-deployed, 30-year-old state machine. Actually, this is an excellent example of how coupling can be _reduced_. A well-designed system should isolate the necessary coupling to the smallest areas possible, such as a low-level protocol. The uses of the protocol on top can be changed later without affecting the underlying protocol. David -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
