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I doubt anyone cares about efficiency or I wouldn't find people storing IP addresses in JSON, as text. Unnormalized too, so IPv6 is almost guaranteed to be brok
by zlynx 8y ago
I doubt anyone cares about efficiency or I wouldn't find people storing IP addresses in JSON, as text. Unnormalized too, so IPv6 is almost guaranteed to be broken.
- zamadatix 8y agoThat's like saying towing capacity isn't important in semi's because you see boxes from Amazon that only weigh 25 lbs. Sure some random app might only deal with 25 lbs worth of efficiency problems but it's not the only piece of software that has to process IPs, such as a load balancer, home router (on underpowered CPUs), and ever increasing amounts of software networking.