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- Network Working Group W. Crowther
- Request for Comments #67 BBN
- [IMPORTANT]
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- Proposed Change to Host/IMP Spec to Eliminate Marking
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- Before he left for Norway, Dave Walden observed that there was a
- simple change to the Host/IMP specifications which would eliminate all
- "marking" problems. The change is to separate the leader from the text
- of regular messages, and then to send them as consecutive messages
- instead of one packed message. The text would then start on a word
- boundary no matter what the word lengths of the machines involved. The
- process would take place on both IMP-to-Host and Host-to-IMP messages.
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- We can see no disadvantages to this scheme, and a sampling of Host
- reactions range from neutral to wildly enthusiastic. Therefore, we
- tentatively plan to implement this change. We recognize that this
- change will involve Host program changes, and that the new release must
- be scheduled to coincide with those changes. We propose providing
- modified Host spec text along with a one week notice of the new release.
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- If anyone sees a flaw in this scheme, or is unhappy about it, please
- contact BBN quickly, since a new version of the IMP program is already
- in the works.
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- [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
- [ into the online RFC archives by Kai Henningsen 5/97 ]
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