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Xmodem and TFTP are pretty close to archetypical binary protocols. They have suffered the same problems with sloppy implementations gaining prominence, then eve
by bediger4000 1y ago
Xmodem and TFTP are pretty close to archetypical binary protocols. They have suffered the same problems with sloppy implementations gaining prominence, then everyone has to account for the sloppiness forever after.
- colejohnson66 1y agoIMO, the problem those had is that they're too simple. XMODEM in particular was basically "send part number, then 128-byte blob". Not to mention the CP/M-ism of <EOT>. It has no room for extensibility, and its usage is very restrictive, so everyone shoves their ideas into it. Including replacing <EOT> with something else.