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The IPv6 people must have known that : was a common way to separate IPv4 and port numbers. IPv6 was standardized 4 years after the URL format which used a colon
by tlb 3y ago
The IPv6 people must have known that : was a common way to separate IPv4 and port numbers. IPv6 was standardized 4 years after the URL format which used a colon to denote a port number.
- ale42 3y agoMakes sense, the choice of the colon is a bit unfortunate.