[Xml-bin] An attempt to sort things out

[Al Snell]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Stefan Zier wrote:

> > Ah, but communications protocols are just an application of data
> > representation, adding more data at each layer :-)
> 
> <comment type="smartass">
> ... whereas here data is converted between different representations
> </comment>

Email message -> strings -> packets -> bits? :-)

Not all protocol work is header-adding, the splitting into chunks /
encrypting / compressing / modulating (esp. that) are all conversions...

But you're right, we're splitting hairs :-)

> 
> ;)
> 

ABS

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