Before he left for Norway, Dave Walden observed that there was a
- simple change to the Host/IMP specifications which would eliminate all
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- "marking" problems. The change is to separate the leader from the text
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- of regular messages, and then to send them as consecutive messages
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- instead of one packed message. The text would then start on a word
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- boundary no matter what the word lengths of the machines involved. The
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- process would take place on both IMP-to-Host and Host-to-IMP messages.
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We can see no disadvantages to this scheme, and a sampling of Host
- reactions range from neutral to wildly enthusiastic. Therefore, we
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- tentatively plan to implement this change. We recognize that this
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- change will involve Host program changes, and that the new release must
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- be scheduled to coincide with those changes. We propose providing
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- modified Host spec text along with a one week notice of the new release.
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If anyone sees a flaw in this scheme, or is unhappy about it, please
- contact BBN quickly, since a new version of the IMP program is already
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- in the works.
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[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
[ into the online RFC archives by Kai Henningsen 5/97 ]
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