Excerpts from bulk.interesting.mildly: 19-Feb-98 Re: overdefining
text/plain? Ned Freed(_at_)innosoft(_dot_)com (3278*)
I have a non-procedural problem with the parameter approach, myself. I see
this as broadening the definition of text/plain to include material which is
not presently legal. This weakens the definition and makes it harder to deal
effectively with incompliant products.
OK, Ned, you've convinced me that the subtype approach is preferable to
the parameter approach. -- Nathaniel
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