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No way could I disagree with this mailing!
John L
Michael Champion wrote:
> [duh, finger slipped]
>
> On Monday, Nov 3, 2003, at 14:08 America/Detroit, John Larmouth wrote:
>
>> Suggestions for an ASN.2 that is a cut-down, basic, ASN.1 abound. But
>> the problem is that for every feature you look at, there are real
>> specicifications out there that use it!
>>
>> Also, please distinguish the ASN.1 notation from the encoding rules.
>> This is a one to many mapping.
>
>
> Please note that I am just playing with the SGML analogy here; I don't
> pretend to know enough about ASN.1 to make a substantive contribution.
> I would simply note that many of these good points about the pains that
> a subset of the technology would cause the current users were made by
> SGML advocates when XML was being debated. In retrospect, they seem to
> be vastly outweighed by the benefits that the refactoring brought to all.
>
> I'd also note that the slightly desperate tone of some of the early
> posts in this thread remind me of SGML advocates in the '90s, who could
> see the benefits that standardized markup could bring and couldn't
> believe why the world didn't realize them. The world began to realize
> once this once the core specs were simple enough for ordinary mortals
> (and tool developers) to work with.
>
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