Would it not have been better to extend IPv4 with 2 bytes than make IPv4 128 bits?
128 bits is much less user readable than a six-byte dotted format.

Retaining a dotted format could have led to less drastic changes to both low level and application software.
Would it not have been better to extend IPv4 with 2 bytes than make IPv4 128 bits?
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128 bits is much less user readable than a six-byte dotted format.

Retaining a dotted format could have led to less drastic changes to both low level and application software.