On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
Thus spake "Carl Malamud" <carl(_at_)media(_dot_)org>
"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.
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