Invisible wrote:
> So... why is the finished standard specificstion called a "request for 
> comments"? This has always bothered me...

History. :-)  There are a number of phases it goes through, including 
proposal, draft standard, recommended standard, and (I think) required 
standard. There are also requests for comments that aren't intended to ever 
turn into standards.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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