On 3/3/09 9:08 PM, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Andy Bierman wrote: > >> Since the goal of our work is to produce specifications >> that will allow multiple independent implementations to >> inter-operate successfully, > > How can you define successful interoperation of implementations? IMHO you define it by "running code" -- that is, code which is used to run a functioning communications network. For me the canonical example is the medium we're using right now: email. In general (there are always exceptions!), you don't know or care what email clients people use, what email servers they use, whether they retrieve their email using POP or IMAP, etc. It just works, at least for the core use cases. And I think that's why running code (not just compiling code or functioning code, but a working network) is so important. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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