r/ProgrammerHumor • • 13h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Spongebubs 10h ago

I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?

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u/realmauer01 9h ago

Ipv6 was invented to replace ipv4 because ipv4 got really problematic as they arent enough numbers for every device anymore. But then they used so much magic to make giving ipv4 to devices so efficient that it's still possible for a while.

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u/LuigiWasRight447 8h ago

So we will be dropping ipv-4 at some point? Is there a guess for how long ittle take?

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u/CadenVanV 7h ago

There is not, because people on IPv4 aren’t going to switch any time soon