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Ron Maupin
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Why is space reserved for private ip addresses?

I just read that specific ranges of IPs have been set aside to be used to private ip addressing. But if we already distinguish between public and private IPs why do we need to reserve space? Why cant a public ip and a private ip be the same considering other publics ips do not access the private one directly?