Re: What ASN.1 got right

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 04 March 2021 17:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: What ASN.1 got right
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On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 09:15:36AM -0800, Michael Thomas wrote:
> On 3/4/21 9:11 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> You asserted it, yes.

And then you asked me to.. what, assert it again?  Or did you want more
details?  Was your question an implied dismissal of my earlier
explanation?  That's just rude.