Re: Last Call: 'Definitions of Managed Objects for Remote Ping, Traceroute, and Lookup Operations' to Proposed Standard

["JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey at jefsey.com>]

At 13:12 27/02/2006, John Leslie wrote:
> This _often_ leads to seemingly irrational defense of the exact 
> words which have been agreed upon. :^(

Please remember that words may become the name of a doctrine having 
influence on many other things. Also, it is precisely because the 
meaning of the word is uncertain that it permits compromises by 
confusion. People do not then defend the word but the doctrine and 
the compromise - showing that it may be uncertain. This is why it is 
technically highly rewarding to work in English and to specify in 
French. This dual work demands a very precise analysis of the 
proposed solution, as English is better at empathy and French at precision.
jfc




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