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Re: Referer: (sic)

From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 21:24:23 -0800
To: John Franks <john@math.nwu.edu>
Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <9503092125.aa09242@paris.ics.uci.edu> 
> Has anyone else noticed that the HTTP header "Referer:" is spelled wrong?

That's okay, neither one (referer or referrer) is understood by "spell"
anyway.  I say we should just blame it on France.  ;-)

........Roy
Received on Thursday, 9 March 1995 21:36:48 EST

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