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by cryptonector 245 days ago
I think you're mistaking this:

> ASN.1 is a... some would say baroque, perhaps obsolete, archaic even, "syntax" for expressing data type schemas, and also a set of "encoding rules" (ERs) that specify many ways to encode values of those types for interchange.

for me expressing disdain for ASN.1. On the contrary: I'm saying those who would say that are wrong:

> ASN.1 is a wheel that everyone loves to reinvent, and often badly. It's worth knowing a bit about it before reinventing this wheel badly yet again.

:)

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Ah sorry, emotions and written text are always a hard thing to put together.