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Re: Wrapping long lines (Was Re: FAQ update suggestion for "I'm having basic problems with find. Why?")
"William Blunn" wrote:
> There is a phrase that goes:
>
> "Be permissive in what you accept, and strict in what you send"
>
> Now this is just a phrase, and by itself does not have significance.
Yeah it appears in RFC1885 as "Be conservative in what you send
and liberal in what you receive.", just a few paragraphs above where
it recommends:
"Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line with a
carriage return."
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J. Lambert
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