Re: Which base64 spec?

--- In [email protected], Gaetano Giunta <giunta.gaetano@...> wrote:
> The fact is, the spec has been frozen - "cast in stone" in the words of 
> the author - since 1999, and there is absolutely 0% chance of an 
> official update.

Well, it apparently melted slightly in 2003 ;-)

I don't see how a couple of words to clarify that nearly everyone is
already doing base64 correctly would be anything but beneficial, but I
won't keep whining about it, nor will I hold my breath waiting for an
"official" reply.

> And any updates that are not official just lead to more 
> fragmentation/confusion.

Agreed. But unfortunately, fragmentation and confusion are inevitable
when a spec is frozen in a vague state, because people have to learn
the relevant history and dig through mailing list archives to find out
what the practical consensus is, and that is a laborious process with
unreliable results. Oh well, such is life.

- PW



 
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