> but I think we can say that it was _designed_ to survive a nuclear strike
On what basis? What is the distinction between being "created" to survive a nuclear strike, and being "designed" to do so?
> that was one of the reason that packet switching was invented (compared to the traditional, at the time, circuit switching).
Yes, but I don't think it's a relevant one. Baran's papers kinda-sorta-maybe had some influence on ARPANET, but ARPANET mostly got packet-switching (and certainly the term "packet") from Donald Davies. If you look at the actual layout of ARPANET it wasn't very survivable (not much redundancy in the links) [0], compared to Baran's proposal [1]. Internetworking and "the Internet" as we know it came much later and was way beyond the point where Baran had any influence.
On what basis? What is the distinction between being "created" to survive a nuclear strike, and being "designed" to do so?
> that was one of the reason that packet switching was invented (compared to the traditional, at the time, circuit switching).
Yes, but I don't think it's a relevant one. Baran's papers kinda-sorta-maybe had some influence on ARPANET, but ARPANET mostly got packet-switching (and certainly the term "packet") from Donald Davies. If you look at the actual layout of ARPANET it wasn't very survivable (not much redundancy in the links) [0], compared to Baran's proposal [1]. Internetworking and "the Internet" as we know it came much later and was way beyond the point where Baran had any influence.
[0]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:ARPANET_maps [1]: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/m.dodge/cyberge...