From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Sun, 2016-11-27, Barry Margolin wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Jorgen Grahn  wrote:   
   ...   
   >> The best thing would be if people stopped using any notation but   
   >> addr/len.  Is there any reason to use first--last or address, mask   
   >> today?  For IPv6?   
   >   
   > Ranges are useful for databases. In SQL can write   
   >   
   > WHERE addr BETWEEN range_start AND range_end   
      
   Yes, and the internals of a routing table might not use prefix   
   lengths, either.  But I was more thinking about user-visible   
   interfaces.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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