The MPLS WG Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Non-determinism considered harmless
Some philosopher's say there is no such thing as truth, just optimization for a result (very amoral of course, but a worthwhile observation none the less). It is clear shortest-path routing is an optimization that has proven very nice indeed, it is clear the explicit routing is an optimization that has proven useful as well. It is also worth noting that the packet networks envisioned by Paul Baran had even less determinision than what we think of as IP today - and that was an opimization for a specific result. So everyone has there determinism life preserver of choice (for some its as simple as in the light of a constant topology packets will always flow along the same path). What we all are is obvious, we are just arguing over the size of the preserver at this point. |
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