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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)
Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
much longer being almost empty than almost full.
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