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It is the first time I see a specification 3881 pages long!
by edweis 10mo ago
It is the first time I see a specification 3881 pages long!
- godelski 10mo agoIt's been that way for awhile? 4.0 and 5.0 were ~2.8k pages. Even 2.1 is 1420 pages https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/?types=adopted&keyword=Core+Specification&filter= https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/?types=adopte...
- userbinator 10mo agoAll the wireless standards are like that. IEEE 802.11 from 2012 is nearly 2800 pages, and I'm sure the latest version has far exceeded that. ...and the GSM/UMTS/LTE/NR standards are at least an order of magnitude even bigger.
- miki123211 10mo agoIf I remember correctly, the entirety of the original GSM is ~9000 pages, things just got crazier (by orders of magnitude) from there. That's comparing apples to oranges, though. Those standards also specify the interaction between network components, not just between your phone and the network. Mobile phone standards are more like the entire RFC collection than like the 802.11 specifications.
- childintime 10mo agoWritten by AI? Sizes like that nicely lock out newcomers from the market, as it can't be entered without a strong financial backing.
- surajrmal 10mo agoYou don't need to implement the full spec. Most devices only support the parts relevant to them. Hardware in general is very expensive though so I doubt a very long spec that helps you achieve comparability with existing devices is the thing holding you back.
- 7373737373 10mo agoCheck out the 5252 pages long "Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Combined Volumes: 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, and 4" :) https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/intel-sdm.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t... Direct link: https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/671200 https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/671200
- miki123211 10mo agoOr the ~11k pages long ARM specification. That's actually two specs in one, both ARM64 and ARM32 are part of this.
- Barbing 10mo agoDidn't someone try to calculate how many printed pages some set of browser specifications would be?
- aitchnyu 10mo agoThere is a 5000-page standard for Docx I used for a Word export feature. And it was mostly devoid of details and I reverse engineered Word's output files countless times to figure out the actual format. IIRC there was a single 14000-page pdf. https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-376/ https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/st...
- chithanh 10mo agoUEFI specification is also over 2300 pages long now. For comparison, Open Firmware (IEEE 1275) was 268 pages.
- surajrmal 10mo agoThings are far more complicated these days vs the 90s. These specifications still seem to lack important details which you notice if you try implementing the spec.
- MrBuddyCasino 10mo agoA lot of it is classic mode, the spec has accumulated a lot of cruft over the years.
- fithisux 10mo agoIt is crazy. It does not make it easy for devs. Imagine this running in a monolithic kernel.
- m463 10mo agowait for the AI-generated version.