>>>>> "Jethro" == Jethro R Binks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Jethro> The point of the X- prefix was to guarantee a namespace that
 Jethro> would never be used by any subsequent standard, and was thus
 Jethro> safe for arbitrary use.  The suggestion seems to have gone
 Jethro> away over time for whatever reason.

The reason is fairly simple when you think about it.

If you encourage people to use an X- prefix when inventing new
headers, and those headers then become popular and widespread, you
then have the problem that you can never standardize those headers
because the X- prefix is reserved.

-- 
Andrew, Supernews
http://www.supernews.com


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