Mark Smith writes:
So what purpose do RFCs serve if they aren't specific enough to be
complied with ?
They can easily be complied with and yet still be general. It's just
that there may be argument as to what constitutes perfect compliance or
lack thereof, and it isn't generally possible to prove either way, given
the vagueness of the original text.
In other words, the argument in the context of this discussion, that
Linux is somehow magically following RFCs with greater accuracy than
usual or in comparison to others, is virtually impossible to substantiate.