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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.5 items
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Msg-id 5618.927901355@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.5 items  ("D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy@druid.net>)
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"D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy@druid.net> writes:
> but we have to decide  which of the following is true.

>     198.68.123.0/24 < 198.68.123.0/27
>     198.68.123.0/24 > 198.68.123.0/27

I'd say the former, on the same principle that 'abc' < 'abcd'.
Think of the addresses as being bit strings of the specified length,
and compare them the same way character strings are compared.

But if Vixie's got a different opinion, I defer to him...
        regards, tom lane

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