Comment by mongol

Comment by mongol 6 months ago

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And I wonder what was the constraint to not make it longer when they developed the standard. Making it a few digits more seem it wouldn't cost much.

omcnoe 6 months ago

The cost will be in updating every legacy postal system that currently has fixed column lengths/input field length limits.

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  • topsecret 6 months ago

    Yes, now, but the person you're replying to was asking about at inception.

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    • rjh29 6 months ago

      Why was IPv4 so pitifully small? I guess most people thought 100 million parcels a year was a ridiculously generous limit that we'd never reach.

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