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Increasing the coolness factor: those 200 lines of code parse the textual RFC header diagrams to learn the format of TCP/IP datagrams.

Decreasing the coolness factor: it's not actually TCP (calling this protocol --- which lacks flow control and congestion avoidance --- TCP is like calling those fiberglass kit cars in the back of sports car magazines "Ferraris").