osa538b@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Alan Chee) (08/13/90)
In article <1360*harald.alvestrand@elab-runit.sintef.no>, harald.alvestrand@elab-runit.sintef.no (Harald Tveit Alvestrand) writes: > Organization: ELAB-RUNIT, SINTEF, Norway > References: <9008081714.AA10475@cbmark.cbcc.att.com> > As a member of RARE WG1, which is more or less responsible for putting the > format forward, I think I can state that the reason ; was chosen for a > delimiter > and not / was that / is a PrintableString character, while ; is not. > This means that in order to use /, we have to define a quoting syntax, while > using ; quotes would not be needed. I must be missing something here. / and ; both *are printable* characters ( ASCII code 47 and 59 ). I believe / has more visual contrast as opposed to ; that 'blends' with the address string. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Chee, | internet: alanC@VAXC.cc.monash.edu.au P.O. Box 413, World Trade Centre, | X.25: PSI%AUSTPAC.0505224122018::chee Melbourne, Vic. AUSTRALIA 3005 | voice: +61 3 345 4717 (BH) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------