On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:57:04PM -0400, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
The following is the PRA algorithm from the current draft:
Why do you call this an algorithm, anyway?
It is just giving header lines a priority or precedence.
Use the one with the highest priority, and if there is no
such, use the one with the second highest priority, if there
is still no such use the one with the third highest priority...
is not what I'd call an algorithm. It is just assigning priorities
to header lines. The idea of priorities and precendences is already
known for centuries. You can't patent a definition of priorities.
It has not even been invented or defined, it is just a observation of
the current practise.
So what exactly is new and what exactly is to be considered as an
algorithm?
Hadmut