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I assume this is because they’re published as plain text files. The HTML is styled to look the same as the plain text versions, including diagrams made assumin
by bonyt 7y ago
I assume this is because they’re published as plain text files. The HTML is styled to look the same as the plain text versions, including diagrams made assuming a fixed-width font.
https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt
Plain ASCII text is a very compatible format, and probably will be for a very long time. For example, if you were to pipe this to a TCP socket on modern printer on port 9100 unchanged, it’ll likely print out roughly correct.
- crispyambulance 7y agoOK, I see, but they provide three different formats: ASCII, PDF, and HTML. If there's a zombie apocalypse and we end up raiding the computer history museum for 80 column line-printers, sure, it makes sense to select the ASCII version to make print outs so that we could rebuild the internet. But for the HTML version? Come on! Freshen it up a bit.