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I would be surprised if there were two, and the links go through to some other work that appears to be the same person. As to his activity on this (HN) site? h

• dekhn 4y ago
  There's another John Nagle who is a scientist at CMU (at least, from what I can tell, he is the not the Nagle of Nagle's algorithm).
  • shagie 4y ago
    So... tying all the threads together... The John Nagle linked in hotbits: > The trick I use was dreamed up in a conversation in 1985 with John Nagle, who is doing some fascinating things these days with artificial animals. Artificial animals in that part links to http://www.animats.com http://www.animats.com The link at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9048947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9048947 for the user Animats (who has an about and signs posts as John Nagle and links to the above site also) > Animats on Feb 14, 2015 | root | parent | next [–] > Yes, it's me. I did my networking work at Ford Aerospace in the early 1980s. But I left in 1986. It still bothers me that the Nagle algorithm (which I called tinygram prevention) and delayed ACKs interact so badly. ...