Re: [tcpm] [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc8312bis-04: flipped exponents in the AVG_W_cubic formulas?

Lars,

On 08/09/2021 16:36, tom petch wrote:
> From: tcpm <tcpm-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Rodney W. Grimes <ietf@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
> Sent: 08 September 2021 15:07
>
> Hello Lars,
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2021-9-7, at 19:53, Rodney W. Grimes <ietf@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>>> [RWG]  Though ascii art is good for conveying bits in bytes of packets,
>>> it is absolutely horrid for trying to exactly communicate a formula.  I
>>> support Bob's position that this would be better expressed as code snippits.
>> would you (and Bob) take a look at the HTML rendering of the document, i.e., https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc8312bis-04.html?

[BB] Beautiful :)
I was looking at the htmlized ASCII rather than the HTML.

Now I look at the XML, I see you've tried to emulate the .svg's with the 
ascii-art alternatives.
I think I would have not bothered, and instead just pasted the original 
equations from RFC8312 into the ascii-art alternatives. But as I said, 
that's my personal preference (and at least Rod agrees). It would also 
allow a good diff between the ASCII versions to see if any of the maths 
had changed (which BTW would have highlighted the flip of the exponents).

No great biggie for me. Especially now I know that I (and others) have 
the HTML.

However, I don't seem to be able to copy/paste the svg's at all from the 
HTML, which is what I was originally trying to do with the ASCII art, 
which was what led to my whinge.

Bob

> I have.
>
> BUTT when and if the IETF desides that HTML is the standard form
> of the drafts then and only then should be acceptable to have
> the then non-standard form (ASCII) to convey information poorly.
>
> <tp>
> A minor thought.  The aim is, or should be. to produce an RFC and what is best for an I-D may not be best for an RFC.
>
> Major thought,  Text/ ASCII is not the standard form.  The canonical form is XML, the primary rendered format is HTML.  (PDF has been used in the past for mathematical formulae when ASCII was inadequate but I do not see the case for that anymore).
>
> Tom Petch
>
>> Thanks,
>> Lars
>>
> Regards,
> Rod
>
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