Is the InterNIC really screwed in the head?

[Ehud Gavron <GAVRON () ACES COM>]

RFC954 specifies WHOIS.  Client requests, server sends.  Simple, really.

$ whois opus4-hst
....
Would you like to see registered users of this host?

        WHAT???  My whois client is supposed to search for this string
        and then do interactive input???  HuH??


$ whois pa aces

(shows a handful of entries)

There are 96 more matches.... would you like these displayed?

        EH?

        Anyone else think this is not only a gross violation of an RFC,
        does a disservice to millions of WHOIS-using users out there, and
        the final leg of the dissolution of the world?

        Ehud
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