Re: [http-state] draft-abarth-cake-00 posted

"Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com> Tue, 24 August 2010 07:27 UTC

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On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:30:24 +0200, Thomson, Martin  
<Martin.Thomson@andrew.com> wrote:
> But to give it a sensible name would be...sensible...and a little dull.   
> That's contrary to a well-established tradition (YMMV).
>
> Given that this provides less state than a cookie, "wafer" might be a  
> better use of the prevailing analogy.

I thought it was because cake beats cookies. :-)


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