Stewart Bryant writes... > If linearised formulas were a good idea mathematicians would use them :) > Translation to ASCII representation should surely be the final step in > implementation not something imposed during the understanding and > description phase. If symbolic formulas were useful in protocol implementations, then programming languages like C or C++ would accept them. IMHO, if it's good enough for the implementation, it's good enough for the specification. Academic and scholarly articles often make extensive use of symbolic mathematical expressions, because that's the language of mathematics, and the accepted format for those publications. I would not like to see these formats used in protocol specifications, as a general rule. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf