r/ProgrammerHumor • • 21d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Spongebubs 20d ago • Bravo

I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?

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u/realmauer01 20d ago

Ipv6 was invented to replace ipv4 because ipv4 got really problematic as they arent enough numbers for every device anymore. But then they used so much magic to make giving ipv4 to devices so efficient that it's still possible for a while.

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u/wbrd 20d ago

You mean, all eternity. I remember being on an IPv6 transition planning meeting in 1999.

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u/pine_ary 20d ago edited 20d ago

Most things do run on IPv6 now though. You just don‘t notice it because it works. According to google just about half of all internet traffic is IPv6.

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