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Imagine writing code so useful and flexible it lasts for decades, being used every single day by billions. DNS might not be perfect but it's one of those simple
by arkitaip 6y ago
Imagine writing code so useful and flexible it lasts for decades, being used every single day by billions. DNS might not be perfect but it's one of those simple and elegant systems that keeps on trucking because of its simplicity.
- thespoonbends 6y agoIt's simple and comparatively easy to make reliable, but a factor in its continued use is that's so prevalent in hard-to-change places: the web, libraries, old OSs, switches, other battle-hardened systems, etc.
- _wldu 6y agoIt's the largest distributed database ever. It's not simple or easy, but it works very well and has for decades.
- naringas 6y agoNo doubt it is well written, simple code, but that's not even the main reason it's so widespread. The point is that the moment it was written is even more important than how well it was written. Though I suppose that if it had been really bad code it would have been replaced long ago.
- BurningFrog 6y agoIs it the same code or the same protocol?