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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Third public review of X3J11 C (a scientist speaks up)
Message-ID: <1988Aug24.161820.13473@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 88 16:18:20 GMT

In article <4581@saturn.ucsc.edu> joseph@chromo.ucsc.edu (Joseph Reger) writes:
>It seemed to me - and I admittedly did not follow it from the very beginning -
>that it was always MUCH TOO LATE.

X3J11 has been trying to get the %#@%$% thing out the door for quite some
time now.  The combination of lengthy public-review cycles and official
meetings held only quarterly means that a standard which needs *three*
public-review cycles will be in "almost finished, no substantive changes
without a damn good reason" status for a long time.  Sounds like you came
on the scene after that phase started.
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