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Re: Symbolic vs Numeric identifiers (was Re: URL internationalization!)

Gavin Nicol <gtn@ebt.com> Thu, 27 February 1997 14:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: Symbolic vs Numeric identifiers (was Re: URL internationalization!)
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>> Another way to describe this division is symbolic versus numeric
>> identifiers.  URLs are already symbolic, and as such, they belong in
>> the column with filenames and domain names.
>
>Comming back to URL internationalization, I think the distinction
>between symbolic and numeric identifiers is a very useful one.

Right. The fundamental argument here is whether URL's are supposed to
be completely opaque or not. Given current usage, it's awfully hard
to make a case for opaqueness... not that I think the opaque 
representation concept isn't useful: I think it's vital.

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