Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!widener!brendan
From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe)
Subject: Re: UUNET Funds C News Development
Message-ID: <6MA+RMH@cs.widener.edu>
Date: Wed, 01 May 91 21:40:42 GMT
Organization: Widener CS Dept
References: <131119@uunet.UU.NET> <1991May1.205754.7384@solbourne.com>
Keywords: C News, UUNET, USENET
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In <1991May1.205754.7384@solbourne.com>, kucharsk@solbourne.com writes:
>In article <131119@uunet.UU.NET> donnalyn@uunet.UU.NET (Donnalyn Frey) writes:
> >%  performance bottlenecks by converting shell scripts to C programs 
>
>I thought the reason for the shell scripts in the first place was to avoid
>placing lots of news policy in C code as does B News...

 Because a lot of the shell scripts are *never* modified. I rewrote a
few of them (anne.jones, tear, and spacefor) in C, and the speed
increase and reduction in load on the system's markedly clear. [Plug,
plug: you can ftp them on ftp.cs.widener.edu in pub/cnews.set.shar.Z].

 I can't wait to see if inews gets turned into C. :)

Brendan

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