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On May 23, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
The goal is a reference implementation. The goal is to be exactly
correct.
Being in a particular language, or even being fast enough to be
usable,
is beside the point. In particular, a reference implementation should
always choose code readability over speed.
If the goal is to have a standard, free implementation that
everyone uses,
that is different from a reference implementation and the goals should
say that.
Yes, sorry, I wasn't considering it from this angle.
By the way, someone commented on my blog that:
"ARI (or whatever it will be called) will *NOT* be a reference
implementation. According to Roy F, the IETF doesn’t allow reference
implementations, just implementations"
<http://agylen.com/2006/05/23/atom-reference-implementation/#comments>
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