Re: interoperability in the face of extensibility

C. M. Sperberg-McQueen writes:

> Why do we care about independent implementations producing the same
> results?  I know of two reasons: first, in a standards context, that
> kind of interoperability supports an argument that the spec is cleanly
> defined and explicit.  If one of the specs is from outside the WG it
> also supports the argument that implementing the spec does not require
> insider knowledge.  

For the last sentence, read

    If one of the implementations is from outside the WG it also
    supports the argument that implementing the spec does not require
    insider knowledge.

My apologies for the error.


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C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
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Received on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 03:05:12 UTC