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Re: ASCII vs BINARY ad nauseaum
- To: root at jacob dot remcomp dot fr (root)
- Subject: Re: ASCII vs BINARY ad nauseaum
- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 17:37:37 +1100 (EST)
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com (gnu-win32)
Jacob Navia wrote:
>
> Dear sirs:
> As deep winter approaches and last sommer's leaves rot in the ground,
> (making it fertile for the new spring), ASCII vs BINARY discussions
> achieve new heights.
[...]
> Sometimes I think I ought to remember the participants to shut down and
> stop this nonsense: ALL HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS UNINTERESTING SUBJECT!
If you want to reduce the amount of traffic on this topic, the most
productive way to do that is to write a nice summary or FAQ list that
summarizes the previous discussions.
--
Fergus Henderson <fjh@cs.mu.oz.au> | "I have always known that the pursuit
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | of excellence is a lethal habit"
PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
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