[ih] History of Naming on The Internet - is it still relevant?

[touch at strayalpha.com]

Agreed.

FWIW, I don’t see how using a file system abstraction vs socket abstraction changes the fact that IPv4-isms can be “baked into” either abstraction and can also be abstracted away - but it’s impossible to abstract away something you don’t know will vary (or how it will vary).

Joe

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> On Aug 14, 2025, at 7:27 AM, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> On 8/14/2025 7:19 AM, Craig Partridge via Internet-history wrote:
>> Was the socket API too low level -- sure and many folks have written
>> wrappers on top of it.
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> This seems to be a universal architectural point:  Define a set of primitives and then define a layer above for optimized uses, according various scenarios.
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> Even user interfaces can benefit from this approach, with an 'expert' interface offering lots of control over details, versus a 'basic' interface that is simplified for average users.
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