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From: alan@ukpoit.co.uk (Alan Barclay)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Possible solution to C news dropping articles?
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.214540.19580@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 18 Jun 91 21:45:40 GMT
References: <+F7_3++@warwick.ac.uk> <9oND43w164w@mantis.co.uk> <1XS{4|-@warwick.ac.uk>
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In article <1XS{4|-@warwick.ac.uk> cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson) writes:
>In article <9oND43w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes:
>>And then what happens when the next piece of similar software comes along?
>
>But why would anybody release NEW software that didn't follow the RFCs?
>

BUGS! You might not want to release NEW software that doesn't follow the
RFCs but sooner or later someone is bound to make a mistake.


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