Re: DEF: holy war

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Thu, 19 Oct 1995 18:58:47 -0700

On Oct 19, 10:00am, Cranz Gregory wrote:
> Subject: Re: DEF: holy war
>Wouldn't a very good thing to consider here be BACKWARDS COMPATABILITY?
>
>When redefining the spec, shouldn't that be kept in mind? Or is there an
>"official" initiative to write a translator app & distribute the source as
>freeware once EVERY SINGLE REVISION is released?
>

No, not at all. That's what the hsader is for. If it's
VRML 1.0, then DEF is a compound of a dsfine and a create.
If it's VRML 1.1 and up, then DEF is just a dsfine.

Comments?

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