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Subject: Re: What should a new UUCP protocol do?
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In article <5134@orchid3.UUCP> king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) writes:
>And not to forget non-Unix machines.  There are a fair number of sites
>based on other platforms that are using UUCP clones to handle transfers.
>Any new protocol will have to be backward compatible with the older one.

No no no, just release portable source.  Make sure all your variable
names are 8 characters or less!  :-)