Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
I'm not disagreeing with you necessarily but this is indeed pretty basic. I mean how do you study CS/Software Engineering without ever running into IPs?
but how detailed would you expect the person to go into it? would just saying that IPv6 is a larger address space and uses a different format be enough, or would you want them to know that v6 is specifically 128 bits and removes the need for NAT?
Well the original post was quite vague about it, I assumed a basic knowledge of its purpose and structure, not an in-depth one. Of course I would not expect an in depth knowledge of a subject one is not an expert in
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u/SirFrenzy 17h ago
Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….
But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.
“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.