# Welcome to Discourse

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**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/welcome-to-discourse/7 "2021-04-12T21:32:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/p4/original/1X/e53c51d9cf9574c50cee652fc3f3b6942b399f0b.jpeg) [@system](https://forum.p4.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/welcome-to-discourse/7/1 "2021-04-12T21:32:43Z")

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P4 is just a simple language for declaring how packets are to be processed, yet it turns network system design on its head. With P4, we hope to advance networks from being software-defined to completely programmable, top-to-bottom, soup-to-nuts.