Re: [STDS-754] 1.8.0 clause 5.12 vs 5.4.3

[Mike Cowlishaw <MFC@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Good standards make good compromises.  Good compromises don't 
necessarily 
> > make good sense (and vice versa).  And they never make everyone happy 
(and 
> > vice versa). 
>
> Compromises that don't make good sense aren't compromises, but winner
> takes all.

A good compromise generally means that there is no winner and no loser, 
and all parties are equally more (or less) happy (or unhappy). 
 
> They ride roughshod over those of us who don't care what is decided
> provided that it is consistent and makes sense.

What makes sense to one party is not what makes sense to another.  That's 
why a compromise is often necessary.  (Personally I think the human race 
should have moved to hexadecimal several thousand years ago.  That would 
have made sense.)

mfc






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