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Re: "Programmers can't get IPv6 thus that is why they do not have
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen Massar)
Thu Nov 29 08:16:10 2012
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:15:52 +0100
From: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org>
To: "." <oscar.vives@gmail.com>
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On 2012-11-29 13:53 , . wrote:
> On 29 November 2012 12:48, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins@arbor.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>>
>>> What's the proper term for software which happens to access the network?
>>
>> Just about anything, these days.
>>
>> ;>
>>
>> 'Network-enabled' or 'network-capable' software, maybe?
>>
>
> Connecting a app to a network is a fundamental change, so perhaps
> change the app to become a "network app". A piece of software
> connected to a network turns from a product into a service.
>
> "Programmers" is to a wide group of people. I am PHP programmer. How
> will ipv6 impact me? nothing, probably.
*ahem*
As Owen already alluded to, some programs (PHP also) actually store IP
addresses in databases. Thus if you where storing those as 32bit, you
are out of luck.
[..]
> There are two groups of programmers, a) these that have programming
> only as a job, and b) these that invest time beyond that.
Group a for you? :)
Greets,
Jeroen
