cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c

[Richard Coleman]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <4256BF44.2000100 at errno.com>, Sam Leffler writes:
> 
> 
>>>And besides, a formatted sysctl has no binary compatibility issues at
>>>all.  I like that too.
>>>
>>
>>Sure, that's the downside; you need to design binary protocols with care 
>>(this is a protocol after all).
> 
> 
> And given that X.400 is dead and SMTP lives I would say that an ascii
> based protocol is preferable.
> 

There are plenty of binary based protocols in common use.  Anything 
defined by ASN.1 is an example (ldap, Kerberos, etc).

But I generally agree that simple ASCII based protocols are preferable 
unless you are doing something complicated.

But I think the general idea was that any ad hoc protocol will generally 
suck, whether it is binary or ascii.

Richard Coleman
rcoleman at criticalmagic.com