If we want to enforce simpler, more accurate design the best way to do this would be to require a formal proof of correctness before accepting a specification. Requiring people to use 1960s technology is not a way to achieve simplicity. > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Masataka Ohta > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:30 AM > To: Yaakov Stein > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx; Stewart Bryant > Subject: Re: Diagrams (Was RFCs should be distributed in XML) > > Yaakov Stein wrote: > > >>It's good that protocols needing more than 72 ASCII characters are > >>forbidden. > > > Just imagine what elegantly simple protocols we would have if we > > required the descriptions to be in Morse code. > > Good idea. > > It's a better approach to enforce much simpler protocols. > > Masataka Ohta > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf