On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Abdussalam Baryun wrote: >> This is a useless change to a very stable document. No one reading RFCs >> misunderstands what "if" and "else" mean. > > We don't change the RFC2119 (IETF RFCs never can be changed) its only > update, An update is a change. > no one before ever misunderstood "may" and "should" either but > capital letters made difference. Both clauses in that sentence are incorrect. People very much misunderstood "should", which was one of the primary purposes for nailing it down in RFC 2119. The capital letters don't actually make the difference, the definition of the words make the difference. > However, thanks for your comments, No problem. --Paul Hoffman