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Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Sun, 20 May 2012 10:29 UTC

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To: Yaakov Stein <yaakov_s@rad.com>
Subject: Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case
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On 05/20/2012 07:25 AM, Yaakov Stein wrote:
> But the IETF is still living in Roman times.

If you want a discussion as to whether we should live
in Times Roman, that'd be best on the rfc editor list.
(Sorry, couldn't resist;-)

S.

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