Re: Proof that content is more important than style

[Paul DuBois <paul -at- kitebird -dot- com>]

> > The thousands of RFC documents generated to outline networking and Internet
> > standards are exceptionally homely, inconsistent, and short on style. Yet
> these
> > documents form the technical foundation of one of the most valuable
> advancements
> > of the modern era. The entire Internet, the technology all of us are using
> right
> > now to blather about how important style is, is based on a collection of
> > exceptionally homely and poorly designed documents.
> >
> 
> What documents are you talking about? Could you please point me to some of
> them?

They're available from many places.  Here's one:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/


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