Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Algorhyme

I think that I shall never see
A graph more lovely than a tree.

A tree whose crucial property
Is loop-free connectivity.

A tree which must be sure to span
So packets can reach every LAN.

First the Root must be selected
By ID it is elected.

Least cost paths from Root are traced
In the tree these paths are placed.

A mesh is made by folks like me.
Then bridges find a spanning tree.

by Radia Perlman (creator Spanning Tree Protocol / STP)

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