[ale] Ale Digest, Vol 24, Issue 18

[Jim Popovitch]

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 14:06, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> RFC = request for comment != mandatory protocol.
> An rfc is step 1 of mandatory protocol.

RFCs (you need to forget what the acronym stood for back in the 70s)
are the foundation upon which computer networks interact.  Draft RFCs
is where comments and changes are introduced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments

-Jim P.