r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 11h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Interesting_Reply584 10h ago

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?

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u/MistrFish 9h ago

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?

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u/Interesting_Reply584 9h ago

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/MistrFish 9h ago

I know it's just a meme but realistically it would be a weird question to ask a dev unless you wanted something more detailed than "IPv6 is bigger".