[HECnet] Third Release of Route20 User Mode DECnet Router

[Paul Koning]

> On Oct 10, 2020, at 5:11 AM, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> Hello Everyone,
>  
> As some of you may be aware, I have been writing my own DECnet router. Since the last formal release a few years ago I have added a few things, the details are here https://github.com/rjarratt/Route20. These were all on the Dev branch, which I know a few people have tried. I have been running the Dev branch for a long time myself, so I am sure it is stable. All I have done really is make the current Dev branch “official” by merging it to the master branch.
>  
> I know Paul has been much more active than me lately on this front, so I am probably a bit behind, but if anyone would like to take a look that would be great.

I'll have to look at your work, have not done that in a long time.

My 2 cents worth: we're aiming at different things.  I set out to build a full DECnet implementation in Python, with emphasis on supporting all the parts of the architecture in a very straightforward way.  Efficiency was very much a secondary consideration.  As it happens, the performance is not bad, adequate for a lot of purposes.

A C based implement such as you did is somewhat harder to write, but much more efficient.  For anyone who is running on a slow machine, or under heavy load, your work is likely to be the right answer.  Also, of course, if you want to run on a machine where Python is not available or not efficient. 

	paul