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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Private Namespaces for Linux
From: David Gordon Hogan <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:08:05 -0500
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OK, OK, here's why IL is deprecated:

1.  It doesn't cope well with long networks (it hasn't
had the chance to be tuned to the same degree as TCP).

2.  It's a headache to maintain.

3.  The new protocol (9P2000) doesn't depend on record
boundaries being preserved; there is basically no dependence
on IL in the new system other than the current fileserver
implementation, which is about to be overhauled (RSN!).