The plain-language explanations in the book[1] are still awesome, though. The exposition is fairly faithful to reality and doesn’t really omit any details. A st

The plain-language explanations in the book[1] are still awesome, though. The exposition is fairly faithful to reality and doesn’t really omit any details. A style from a different time that doesn’t seem to have survived in today’s popular writing—which has its own good traits, but not these. [1] http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/_Digital_Press/daCruz_Kermit_A_File_Transfer_Protocol_1987.pdf http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/_Digital_Press/daCruz_Ke...