On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Pascal Obry wrote:

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> Linus Torvalds a écrit :
> > I keep talking about a web browser, because THE ONLY POINT of following a 
> > standard is to interoperate.
> 
> Yes, and since URLs are not used for web browser only I do not see the
> point to concentrate all this discussion about a single possible usage.

Hey, it's find if you can come up with some *other* case why we should 
care about RFC 1738.

I certainly didn't mean to bring up browsers as the _only_ case of 
possible interoperability issues, but when it comes to URL's it's 
certainly the obvious one...

So the only argument really is:

 - Nobody has pointed to *any* reason to follow 1738.

 - I have pointed to reasons *not* to do it.

So if you want to follow the RFC, you'd better give a real reason. And no, 
the existence of an RFC, and the fact that people use the same name for 
things that superficially _look_ the same is not a reason in itself.

So hands up, people. Anybody who asked for RFC quoting. Give a damn 
*reason* already!

			Linus
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