On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 01:46:28PM +0200, Alex Schroeder wrote: > I also see no harm in supporting both asterisk and the minus for list items. I guess I see it as "indirect harm". It adds words to the spec and bytes to clients without any real advantage. What's the point in having more than one easy and familiar and unambiguous way to designate something? Sure, it's not going to add *many* words or bytes, but taking ideas like simplicity and minimalism seriously means pushing back against small enroachments. Gemini is explicitly "heavier than Gopher", but that shouldn't mean we happily take on weight without giving it thought. Cheers, Solderpunk
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