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On Aug 2, 7:07=A0pm, Phil Clayton <phil.clay...@lineone.net> wrote:
> On Jul 31, 4:12=A0pm, Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Any specification,
> formal or not, can be a load of rubbish!
>
> Phil

You are absolutely right, just look at: Unix, Linux, C, C++, X, Perl,
OpenGL's enumeration, etc.