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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."

--
J. Lambert


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