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The previous post made me want to go digging and ended up finding this gem[0]. Looks like you're both kind of right- Stanford wrote the code for their first ro
by mrkstu 6y ago
The previous post made me want to go digging and ended up finding this gem[0].
Looks like you're both kind of right- Stanford wrote the code for their first routers to run off on top of DEC/TOPS machines, and then the code was lifted from Stanford by Cisco.
[0]: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2309917/lan-wan-router-man.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2309917/lan-wan-router-...
- kabdib 6y agoThat makes a lot more sense; written in relatively portable C instead of the sea of MACRO-10 assembly statements I had imagined. Thanks for the clarification!