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The ASCII/UTF-8 backwards compatibility relies on (a) a large subset of data fitting within the constraints of ASCII and (b) most "upstack" applications being a
by johncolanduoni 9y ago
The ASCII/UTF-8 backwards compatibility relies on (a) a large subset of data fitting within the constraints of ASCII and (b) most "upstack" applications being able to handle a few garbled/unrecognized characters. How does this map to routing packets on the internet, where the IP header contains time-sensitive metadata needed for delivery and the payload is largely agnostic of the differences?