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in thread v notation and IP addresses

How do you morph "Version Strings" into "meant to be used for IP addresses"?

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Re^4: v notation and IP addresses
by jettero (Monsignor) on Jul 11, 2009 at 22:21 UTC

    I don't. As far as I know, historically speaking, they were just called version strings. They were always intended for encoding octets usefully. I'm not saying it was a good idea, I'm just saying they intended it.

    -Paul

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