On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > Thus spake "Carl Malamud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > "RFC authors MUST NOT use calculus or matrix algebra. Addition and > > subtraction MAY be expressed as formulas but authors SHOULD NOT > > use formulations sufficiently complex to make a reader's head hurt." > > IMHO, this would be a very good rule; the IETF is supposedly about running > code, and complex equations that the average programmer cannot understand > without digging up a college math book are unimplementable in the real world. > Pseudocode is far, far more valuable than pretty equations.
It's often the case that there can be a fair amount of maths that explains why a bit of really simple code does what it is supposed to, and this should be part of the specification. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES: NORTH 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 AT FIRST, DECREASING 3. RAIN DYING OUT. MODERATE OR POOR BECOMING GOOD. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
