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From: darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Why ASC over UUENCODE?
Message-ID: <1570013@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:51:31 GMT
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In comp.sys.handhelds, lennartb@lne.kth.se (Lennart Brjeson @ KTH, Stockholm) writes:

> Because there are DOZENS of other kinds of systems on the Usenet!!!!
> ASC-> is machine independant, as it runs on the target machine. 
> Those who have a C compiler on their host can get PD versions of ASC->.

     Those who have a C compiler on their host can also get freely
copyable versions of uuencode/uudecode.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	UUCP: {hplabs!, hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpnmd!darrylo
	Internet: darrylo%hpnmd@hp-sde.sde.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.  Also, I'm just a
user of the 48SX; while I work for HP, I don't have anything to do with
the HP division that makes calculators.