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From: harald.alvestrand@elab-runit.sintef.no (Harald Tveit Alvestrand)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400
Subject: Printable format (was: Re:  ISO/CCITT meeting report, Munich July 1990)
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Date: 10 Aug 90 09:36:48 GMT
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Organization: ELAB-RUNIT, SINTEF, Norway
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As a member of RARE WG1, which is more or less responsible for putting the
format forward, I think I can state that the reason ; was chosen for a
delimiter
and not / was that / is a PrintableString character, while ; is not.
This means that in order to use /, we have to define a quoting syntax, while
using ; quotes would not be needed.

Of course we will have to rework that in order to write down 88 version
T.61 addresses....

                         Harald Tveit Alvestrand
                         Postmaster, UNINETT