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

"Rodney W. Grimes" <ietf@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Wed, 08 September 2021 14:08 UTC

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To: Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org>
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Subject: Re: [tcpm] [tsvwg] draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc8312bis-04: flipped exponents in the AVG_W_cubic formulas?
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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?

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.

> 
> Thanks,
> Lars
> 

Regards,
Rod

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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org

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