Date: 11 Feb 1999 06:21:49 -0000
Message-ID: <19990211062149.16632.qmail@cr.yp.to>
From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: Who wanted to eliminate the tokenizer?
References: <19990211043557.16165.qmail@cr.yp.to> <4.2.0.24.19990211130120.00a9a340@shell2.bayarea.net>

Kai Henningsen opposed Resnick's elimination of the tokenizer. So did
Paul Overell. So did I. Several people have subsequently commented that
the 822bis grammar is much more painful than the 822 grammar.

Two people, Dave Crocker and Chris Newman, appear to support Resnick's
elimination of the tokenizer.

If it's true that there were ``deliberations'' leading to ``VERY strong
consensus'' for the removal of the tokenizer, surely there are dozens of
people who can remember participating in those ``deliberations'' and
expressing their support. Somebody? Hello? Is there anybody out there?

Dave Crocker writes:
> You have confused two different submissions from two different people.

No, I have not.

I specifically asked you when these ``deliberations'' took place. I also
asked you where I could find a record of these ``deliberations'' in the
DRUMS archives. You dodged both questions.

---Dan