Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Phone numbers Message-ID: <4887@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 12:19:33 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4887 Posted: Tue Jan 8 12:19:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 12:19:33 EST References: <1452@ritcv.UUCP> <1585@qubix.UUCP> <4869@utzoo.UUCP>, <406@down.FUN> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 13 > The laudable goal of adhering to standards is incompatible with > the equally-laudable goal of presenting information in the most > understandable form. Faced with such a choice of evils, most > of us opt for the familiar one. > > if i didn't know better, i'd swear he was talking about rfc 819/822. Actually, I should have made it clear that my original comment was intended to apply only to the situation at hand, not as a general maxim. On the other hand, it does have a nice ring to it... -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry