If you think fragmentation was mistake then what other alternative do you think would have been better while also feasible at the time when ipv4 was specified? IPv6 notably traded fragmentation for path mtu discovery, but I don't think requiring pmtud would have been realistic option in 1981.
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If you think fragmentation was mistake then what other alternative do you think would have been better while also feasible at the time when ipv4 was specified? IPv6 notably traded fragmentation for path mtu discovery, but I don't think requiring pmtud would have been realistic option in 1981.