🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <BzBJIA.3AM@ra.nrl.navy.mil> atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson) writes:
>  The systems are mostly orphans.  In some cases, the vendor doesn't
>even exist anymore.  The software effectively cannot be changed.  Such
>systems are a large part of the reason that the DDN has had an awful
>time trying to convert to the Domain Name System.  Heck some of the
>older systems from still existing vendors used 6-bit characters rather
>than 7-bit ASCII.  Ever programmed on a Cyber ?  Mayhaps not.  However
>many such systems won't go away or be replaced soon for financial and
>other reasons.

Is it or is it not a fair assumption that such systems will be leaf
nodes?  I think it's a useful distinction to consider this question
because it isn't really important for these purposes if leaf nodes
aren't up to snuff as long as nodes that the data may be routed
through between two State Of The Art (tm) are capable of transferring
the data cleanly.  

(BTW, I have programmed on a Cyber.  I ^L^O^V^E 6/12 ^S^P^L^I^T-ASCII.