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Re: New byteranges

From: Shel Kaphan <sjk@amazon.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:14:00 -0800
Message-Id: <199511171814.KAA08492@bert.amazon.com>
To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Cc: luotonen@netscape.com, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Larry Masinter writes:
 > I've never been able to figure out how the client knows what byte
 > range to ask for in a PDF document. This is just a mystery part of the
 > proposal. (Is it some trade secret? My PDF book doesn't say anything
 > about byte ranges that I can find.)
 > 

It seemed to me that there should be no reference to PDF files in the
byte range document if it is going to become part of a standard, as it
is clear from the discussion on this list that many people don't
believe this is an appropriate use of the the byte-range
functionality.  (Nothing's going to stop anyone from using it this way
-- it just shouldn't be stated as a reason for the existence of this
part of the protocol).
Received on Friday, 17 November 1995 10:21:18 UTC

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