On 09/21/2014 05:19 PM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > 2014-09-21 23:15, Sam Ruby wrote: >> I don't know what the "right" size is for a specification; but I'm >> pretty sure it isn't the transitive closure of all of the >> normative references to the HTML5 specification. > > I don’t think anyone suggested making HTML5, or any specification, > the transitive closure of its normative references. So this looks > like a strawman argument, against something. It wasn't meant to be a strawman, but you have elided the context in which it was stated. Restoring that context: > If there is a single spec, let it be 1,000 or 2,000 pages, you can > check any single thing there and get the ultimate answer. My claim is that the above is not correct in the general sense in the presence of strong normative references. - Sam RubyReceived on Sunday, 21 September 2014 22:04:33 UTC
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