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Re: Rivest's S-Expressions I-D no longer found

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 23 May 2023 16:39 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: Rivest's S-Expressions I-D no longer found
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It appears that Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com> said:
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>While agreeing with John's point, the document in question was originally
>submitted as an internet draft - May 4, 1997 draft-rivest-sexp-00.txt

That's the date on the draft but there is no evidence that it ever arrived
at the IETF.

I still think this is a problem that is easier for MIT and/or the Internet
Archive to solve than for us.

R's,
John

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