Subj : human-readable nodelist format

Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To : andrew clarke
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Wed Nov 13 2002 05:46 am

Hi andrew.

11-Nov-02 03:43:38, andrew clarke wrote to Rick Van Ruth

ac> Sun 2002-11-10 23:19, Rick Van Ruth (3:640/954) wrote to andrew
ac> clarke:

ac>>> Operating Dialup FTS-1 at
ac>>> -Unpublished-,300,CM,XA,IBN:blizzard.dnsalias.org,IEM:mail@ozzmos
ac>>> is.com Operating TCP/IP BinkP at blizzard.dnsalias.org Contact
ac>>> E-mail [email protected] Contact Fax +61-3-9775-2610

>> Why mention binkp twice? Just for backward compatability's sake?

ac> Yes.

It seems to me that the new format may be easier to read but it also seems
harder to write. (what I really mean is your new-to-old converter
shouldn't need crutches like that)

BTW what does your converter make of 1:267/200 :-)
(this could be considered a trick question)

-=> Bye <=-

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