IXP

Fri Apr 24 19:39:12 UTC 2009

On 24/04/2009 18:46, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> I have looked at the failure modes and the cost of fixing them and
> decided that it is cheaper and easier to deal with the failure modes
> than it is to deal with the fix.

Leo, your position is: "worse is better".  I happen to agree with this 
sentiment for a variety of reasons.  Stephen Stuart disagrees - for a 
number of other carefully considered and well-thought-out reasons.

Richard Gabriel's essay on "worse is better" as it applied to Lisp is worth 
reading in this context.  The ideas he presents are relevant well beyond 
the article's intended scope and are applicable to the shared l2 domain vs 
PI interconnection argument (within reasonable bounds).

Nick