Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.5 items

"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