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From: mayer@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Niels Mayer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.x
Subject: Re: Common xlisp
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Date: 22 Nov 90 02:44:20 GMT
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In article <M1PHM02.90Nov20114322@mfsws6.fed.frb.gov> m1phm02@fed.frb.gov (Patrick H. McAllister) writes:
>I would like to add my vote in favor of this idea. Also, since we will mostly be
>distributing sources, maybe a mail server in addition to ftp access. (For
>security reasons, ftp access here at the Federal Reserve Board is limited.)

Yes, but what if someone slides a virus into the xlisp sources that manages
to transfer some of that extra FRB money into, say, a private hong kong
bank account??

-- Niels "yo FBI & NSA net.snoopers -- have a happy thanksgiving!" Mayer.