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Can't all these data structures be described just as well using ASN.1, which has the advantage of being thoroughly documented, tried and tested, and just as dec

• an_d_rew 9y ago
  There is nobody that I hate enough to ever recommend that they subject themselves to the Hell that is ASN.1!
  • defined 9y ago
    Hmm, I don't think it's _that_ bad...
• tjalfi 9y ago
  You could do this but it would be more trouble than it is worth. ASN.1 ECN can encode arbitrary protocols but the process is fairly complicated [0]. An ASN.1 compiler1 for embedded/space systems [1] mentions that there is only one implementation of ECN. [0] https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/asn1/Documents/ECN_Introduction_June_2001.pdf https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/asn1/Documents/ECN_Introduction... [1] http://web1.see.asso.fr/erts2012/Site/0P2RUC89/7C-4.pdf http://web1.see.asso.fr/erts2012/Site/0P2RUC89/7C-4.pdf Edited to add the second link