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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Sat, 19 May 2012 07:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case
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On May 19, 2012, at 08:48, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> Very seriously - after all that has been said on this thread, I see
> no reason to change anything. 

+1

This is one of those issues that is best addressed by *awareness*, not by new rules.

Grüße, Carsten

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