Xref: utzoo news.admin:15352 news.software.b:8329 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!stan!kucharsk From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991Jun19.050412.8903@solbourne.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 05:04:12 GMT References: <285CA8D6.273B@tct.com> Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO Lines: 16 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes: >> Its purpose is to transmit *correct* articles. It succeeds. >No, the purpose of the news transport software is to correctly transmit the >news articles which it receives. > >C News failed in that purpose. No, this is like saying a compiler's purpose is to compile what I give it, not what's a legal program. Or, if you'd like, I can be nit-picky and say that if it doesn't obey the RFC syntax, it's NOT a news article, no matter what your posting software may say. -- | William Kucharski, Solbourne Computer, Inc. | Opinions expressed above | Internet: kucharsk@Solbourne.COM | are MINE alone, not those | uucp: ...!{boulder,sun,uunet}!stan!kucharsk | of Solbourne... | Snail Mail: 1900 Pike Road, Longmont, CO 80501 | "It's Night 9 With D2 Dave!"