IP Math anyone?

[Jay O'Connor]

Remco Gerlich wrote:

> Erno Kuusela <erno-news at erno.iki.fi> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> > In article <slrn99mnvn.ia7.scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl>,
> > scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl (Remco Gerlich) writes:
> >
> > | .0.255 and .1.0 are not IP addresses you could give to a machine.
> > | I've never seen existing code for this, seems to need some custom hacking.
> >
> > | (I don't know if .255 and .0 are the only exceptions, probably not).
> >
> > why do you think .0 or .255 are not usable addresses?
>
> I was confused about netmasks. I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!
>

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition



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