[ih] Reporter query on the history of greater-than in quoted replies

[Richard Bennett]

Internet has quite of few interim thingies. Interim is the fast path to standards.

> On Jul 22, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
> 
> On 7/22/2018 11:57 AM, Guy Almes wrote:
>> [2] it also is a simple (and relatively harmless) example of how little 
>> expedient decisions made *many* years ago, when combined with the need 
>> for various forms of "compatibility", have consequences.
> 
> I probably stopped being surprised at its persistent 20 years ago.  But 
> yes, it's really quite sad that it persists.
> 
> And yes, it is further proof that the evil we do lives long after us. 
> Interim at scale is the same as permanent.
> 
> 
> 
> d/
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Richard Bennett
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Ethernet & Wi-Fi standards co-creator

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