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From: craig@SICS.SE (Craig Partridge)
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Subject: more on Elements of Networking Style
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I think some folks who have complained about "ENS", have missed its point.

Yes, the prose is sometimes wild and crazy, but then again, it is intended
that way.  Half the point of the book is to have some fun (and certainly, I,
as a reader, had a lot of fun reading it).

As for technical content, that ain't bad neither.  My copy of the book is
believed to still be on a boat, somewhere in the Atlantic,* courtesy of
the postal service, but I recall good discussions on issues in
externalization, design of reference models and on cultural desires (in
corporations) to develop one's own networking protocol suite.  MAP's
writing style should not confuse you into believing there's no substance
behind it.

Craig

*no doubt dodging the Next Wave, but I digress...