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From: schwengeler@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Offending game?
Message-ID: <1990Oct17.095033.1034@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: 17 Oct 90 08:50:33 GMT
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Hello,

I'd like to know why the game "acm", posted in "comp.sources.x" must
use the functions "gethostname", "get_user" and the like and why
it needs to do network functions with the internet.
Does a Xwindow game need all this things, or is it just a bad
attempt to grap usernames/passwords from everywhere in the world?
Could an X guru give me an answer?

Thanks in advance.

						Hans.