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Re:The IPv6 Numeric IP Format Is a Usability Problem by oconnor663 on Friday February 19, 2016 @10:32PM (#11138642)
There's an RFC for IPv6 addresses in Base85: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1924
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Re:The IPv6 Numeric IP Format Is a Usability Problem by azdle on Saturday February 20, 2016 @10:18AM (#11140348)
> 7. Implementation Issues

> Many current processors do not find 128 bit integer arithmetic, as required for this technique, a trivial operation. This is not considered a serious drawback in the representation, but a flaw of the processor designs.

Oh, IETF, please never change.

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