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Gabriel Kerneis <kerneis@google.com> Fri, 13 April 2018 08:28 UTC

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From: Gabriel Kerneis <kerneis@google.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 08:27:41 +0000
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Subject: Re: [babel] draft-ietf-babel-applicability WG Last Call
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On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:10 PM Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk> wrote:

> > > Suggest to strike the following.
> >
> > >    Given a sufficiently friendly audience, the principles
> > >    behind Babel can be explained in 15 minutes, and a full description
> > >    of the protocol can be done in 52 minutes (one microcentury).
> >
> > Strongly disagree.  Comprehensibility and implementability are important
> > properties of Babel (second only to the fact that it works).  I'm open to
> > rewording if you find the current wording overly whimsical.
>
> How about...
>
> Babel is easily comprehensible and implementable. The principles behind
> Babel
> can be quickly explained, and a full description of the protocol takes
> just 48
> pages in [RFC6126bis].
>

This is less whimsical (which is good) but it loses the important aspect of
being precise (that you advocate for in other comments). I'd suggest
something along the lines of:

Babel is easily comprehensible and implementable. The principles behind
Babel have been explained in under-an-hour talks to varied audiences, and a
full description of the protocol takes just 48 pages in [RFC6126bis].

Gabriel

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