Re: rfc publication suggestions

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Subject: Re: rfc publication suggestions
From: "Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim" <rms46 at VLSM.ORG>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:34:56 +0700
Organization: VLSM-TJT
References: <200103120124.f2C1OTs18855@calcite.rhyolite.com>
Sender: rms46 at VLSM.ORG

Rosen, Brian wrote:

> Of course a big problem is the decreasing number of
> IETF people who know nroff, and even fewer that are fluent,
> and even fewer who would, if they had a choice, choose it

Vernon Schryver wrote:

> No rocket science (but maybe some patience) is required to write nroff.
> Thanks to groff, typesetting nroff has become free.

No rocket science, but perhaps archaeology.
In the early 1980s, a unix box (68ks, vaxen, et.al.) came
with a multi-volume manuals, including an nroff guide.
In this millennium, not all distros have nroff guides.

Who is still using this dino technology anyway?

regards,

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