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From: fields-doug@cs.yale.edu (Doug Fields)
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Subject: Re: CNews - now a pedantic software! : -(
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Date: 3 Apr 91 22:48:14 GMT
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In article <1991Apr01.132449.29232@buster.stafford.tx.us>, rli@buster.stafford.tx.us (Buster Irby) writes:
|> I believe that during a transitional period (say 6-12 months or
|> so),

Well hang on a second. First of all, the standard mandates certain
things which should be adhered to no matter what. You don't see people
out there crying because they have C programs that nobody can compile
because they're using their own personal version of C now do you?

And that 6-12 months is REDICULOUS. How fast does news propogate through
the network (from Internet down to slow UUCP)? Fast. Figure on the outside
it'll take a week for an article to get to every system receiving it. So,
perhaps a transitional peroid of AT MOST a month if you want to give leeway.
The standard does NOT mandate leeway, but people do...

Finally, I agree with Brad's assertion that CR is whitespace and should be
treated as such.

|> >"Be liberal about what you receive, conservative about what you generate"

One thing about this... If you're liberal about what you receive, there is no
need to be conservative about what you generate, now is there?

Doug
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