On 11/7/2010 2:26 AM Lawrence D'Oliveiro said...
In message<pan.2010.11.06.23.19.1...@nowhere.com>, Nobody wrote:
A reference manual tells you how to use the language. A specification
tells you how to implement it.
Speaking as someone who has read more reference
manuals/specifications/whatever you want to call them than I can count, I
have never come across any such distinction.
Surely you see the difference between RFC5321 and for example Courier's
man pages? One's the specification and the other's the reference manual.
Emile
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