In a message dated 7/10/2008 3:03:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I do not believe that ECMA has the "two interoperable implementations" rule that the IETF and W3C have, but since ECMAScript is a standard of equal important to the Web, I think we should adopt this rule for any future edition of ECMAScript. Such a rule is needed precisely to avoid such casual breakage relative to Web reality. Can we make that a binding TC39 resolution? While it is true that no such rule exists in Ecma, it has been used in work I am familiar with (optical storage) within TC 31. Early work on MO storage resulted in TC 31 agreeing that at least two implementations must demonstrate interoperability before approval of the standard. This meant that both disk manufacturers and drive manufacturers had to work together to demonstrate that the product resulting from the standard would work together. The committee always followed this rule without question, and the CC and GA of Ecma did not interfere with its implementation. We can add this subject to discussion at Oslo, but this is a question that I would put to an internal vote of TC 31 since it has wider impact than may be represented in Oslo. Regards, John **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)
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