Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!decwrl!dali.cs.montana.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!cucard!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Archive-name (was Re: wp2latex (1 of 4)) Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 07:12:00 GMT References: <1990Aug13.162617.25478@cbnews.att.com> <9008211455.AA02499@talos.pm.com> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 10 In article <9008211455.AA02499@talos.pm.com> kjones@talos.pm.com (Kyle Jones) writes: > BTW, I'm all for helping the archivers, but I'd like to see the > benefits of Archive-name explained in a bit more detail. How about "Hey, where did you say that program was?" "Look at frotzcom1.3 in your local alt.sources archive." You don't *need* file names, ever. Forth proves that. But they can be real convenient. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .