Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: single instance Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:25:57 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <50e8eb1f$0$284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <1i1ry0rsgaxnm$.blszeyxb737b$.dlg@40tude.net> <9g02074ucl0a.1pdynjyqd1bgs$.dlg@40tude.net> <1qaff8p3p38ts67fjk5en8bu94cee1hgi7@4ax.com> <1xeeh2v8glf1m$.143zfbqwfmh7g$.dlg@40tude.net> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: K2Qzzs3EAqXk5RLzfhxcSw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21491 On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:03:54 -0800, Peter Duniho wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > >Whatever you mean, it doesn't make sense for a program that has to know the >UUID to bother with a 16-bit port value also. If a UUID is involved, then >just use it. Mapping the UUID to a 16-bit value doesn't fix anything when >to get the 16-bit port value, you have to know the UUID. > >Just use the UUID. There is no need to put a pair of UUID socket numbers in every packet. That is a waste of bits. You do want a 16 bit shorthand. Maybe eventually a 64 bit port number, but for now such as conversion would be considered too disruptive. What I am calling for now would just be an optional add-on mechanism to assign a free port. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law