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Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4

From "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4
Date 2012-02-29 20:05 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:42:44 -0000, Anton Ertl  
<anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
>> Discussions such as most of the first paragraph should be in the
>> Rationale to this section, IMO. The Normative text shouldn't discuss,
>> recommend, or offer options, but instead should concentrate on rules.
>
> While it would be nice to be able to just copy the proposal text into
> the standard when the proposal is voted into the standard, this is by
> no means necessary.  It's sufficient if the proposal is clear,
> unambiguous, and understandable, and during the RfD phase we should at
> first work out the content before we concern ourselves with details of
> wording.

It has never happened yet.  Most people simply ignore the rational and  
expect the editor to magic up something.

-- 
Peter Knaggs

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RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-02-28 05:14 -0800
  Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-02-28 17:18 +0000
    Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-02-28 13:54 -0800
      Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-02-28 12:16 -1000
        Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-02-29 15:42 +0000
          Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-02-29 06:49 -1000
          Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-02-29 20:05 +0000
      Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-02-28 14:40 -0800
        Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-02-29 15:47 +0000
          Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-02-29 08:13 -0800
    Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-02-29 20:07 +0000
  Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-02-29 11:27 +0000
  Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-02-29 20:20 +0000
    Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-02-29 16:44 -0800
      Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-03-01 08:45 +0000
        Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-01 16:15 -0800
          Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-03-02 09:58 +0000
            Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-02 22:37 -0800
  Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-03-04 14:03 -0800
    Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-03-05 13:20 +0000
    Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-05 14:18 +0000
  Re: RfD: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST v4 Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-03-27 15:23 -0700

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