Re: draft-klensin-net-utf8-06

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Mon, 22 October 2007 19:08 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Frank Ellermann wrote:
> Tim Bray wrote:
>
> > I'd ruthlessly whack about 80% of the history and suchlike
> > explication.
>
> Oops, no, the history is essential to understand old telnet issues
> like IAC without reading pre-historic RFCs with numbers below 821.

I also like the historical appendix.

Tony.
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