Re: What ASN.1 got right

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 04 March 2021 17:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: What ASN.1 got right
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On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 09:04:27AM -0800, Michael Thomas wrote:
> On 3/4/21 7:52 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
> Um, why should we care about that? Nothing else cares about holding state.

I explained in the text you didn't quote.  Did you somehow miss it?