"foo.bar" ne "www.foo.bar"
pronounce("foo.bar") eq pronounce("www.foo.bar")
As in, "Surf to www.perl.org and read the new ..."
sounds like
"Surf to perl dot org and read the new ..."
=Austin
--- Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The "www" in e.g., "www.netscape.com" is pronounced, IMO, in
> >the same way as other useless, should-be-obvious punctuation.
>
> >It's silent.
>
> Seems like something you should take up with RFC 819, or maybe with
> RFC 881, considering that they and their ramifying successors all
> seem to be in flagrant disagreement with you.
>
> In short, if foo.bar eq www.foo.bar, someone has high-jacked port 53.
>
> --tom
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