Re: musings

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Fred,

The dilemma that you describe is exactly the reason why one has to
be somewhat philosophical about standardizing comprehensive AS's
like HR and rreq.

It is important to have a requirements spec as a shining
city on the hill, an Ideal towards which all strive, even if the
pragmatics of the real-world prevent absolute full compliance.
I think in retrospect that the HR RFCs did a great deal of good,
even though few if any vendors ever followed ALL its requirements
strictly.  I also think that real-world forces make it important for
such a document to be a full standard; otherwise, it is too easy for
non-technical people to dismiss it.

So, my personal recommendation would be to back off from your
(laudable) desire for demonstrated interoperability for
rreq, and GET ON WITH IT.

Bob