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From: car@ramecs.UUCP (Chris Rende)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Getting the queue for c.b.i.p
Message-ID: <308@ramecs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 03:17:57 GMT
References: <227@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
Organization: RAMECS, Warren, MI
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From article <227@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, by rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley):
-> 
-> Is there any way to find out what is currently waiting on the c.b.i.p queue
-> to be posted in the near future together with tentative posting dates?  At
-> the moment, things just "magically" appear and there is little warning.  Also,
-> if some queue status was posted one a week/month/... then maybe we can avoid
-> some "Does anyone know of an XYZ program?" questions since the queue can be
-> inspected to see if such a thing is already in the pipeline.
-> 
-> ||  rhys@cs.uq.oz.au  |  Australia.  G'day!!            ||

Well, I think that the "Horizon effect" of not being able to see far enough
into the future will always be present.

I don't think that someone who is looking for a program would wait for the
weekly queue list before asking their question either.

car.
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