On 28 Jul 2001, Mama Cass Elliot wrote:
>
> In netscape.public.mozilla.seamonkey the people heard Randall Parker say
> these wise words:
>
>>> What??? Are the W3c Specifications not well defined?
>>
>> All such standards have ambiguities. All such various standards have
>> behaviors in various conditions that are left unspecified. W3C
>> standards are no exception.
>
> So, has Mozilla already specified how the Mozilla Browser will handle
> those previously unspecified conditions?
Some of them, yes.
> If not, then why not?
Mainly because we are not aware of what they are.
If the spec says
if A then do x
if B then do y
if C then do z
...then it seems well defined, right? So you write your program to do
this. Then, 4 months later, someone comes along and says "what if D?".
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