ATTN: Please comment on XHTML (before it's too late)
Ann Navarro
ann at webgeek.com
Sun Aug 29 22:12:15 BST 1999
At 03:58 PM 8/29/99 -0400, David Megginson wrote:
>Ann Navarro writes:
>
> > But since the purpose of names is an abstract function designed to
> prevent
> > collisions in naming, it does not necessarily follow that having three
> > names is "bad" even if it does "surprise".
>
>Governments seem to think so. Every country has different laws, but
>in general, it's not only frowned upon but illegal for a person to
>have more than one name at the same time.
David,
With all due respect, comparing a mechanism for naming abstract collections
to legal names before a government is bordering, if not over the line, into
absurdity.
Let's focus on real, practical discussion of the proposal at hand.
Ann
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