> I suppose, but how many of the people who wrote the broken code would > have paid attention if it said YOU MUST SET THE BIT TO ZERO AND THEN > IGNORE IT YOU MORON. it is our job to write clear specs which folk can follow and implement in ways that interoperate. where they don't, it's our fault for being unclear. calling them idiots will not improve their implementations. clearer and unequivocal specs may. randy