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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 01:28:35 +1000
Subject: Re: A few questiosn about encoding
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your generalization is analogous to explaining web browsers
> as: "software that allows a user to view web pages in the
> range www.*" Do you think someone could implement a web
> browser from such limited specification? (if that was all
> they knew?).

Wow. That spec isn't limited, it's downright faulty. Or do you really
think that (a) there is such a thing as the "range www.*", and that
(b) that "range" has anything to do with web browsers?

ChrisA