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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: Results of net.sources.mac poll
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Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 12:02:14 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 18 12:02:14 1986
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In article <913@dcl-cs.UUCP> stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir) writes:
>
>I would much rather see the distribution of SOURCE only, unless it is
>unavailable for some reason, in which case it should be BINARY only.
>I am purely interested in volume and not content.

This is based on the erroneous opinion that mac binaries are longer than
sources.  In fact, mac sources tend to be from 3-4 times longer than the
binaries.  I don't know why this is true, but I have plenty of experimental
evidence for it.

I want to see sources because I want to see how people do things.  
-- 
Glend.	I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hot.	Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you
	do call for them?    --  Henry IV Pt. I, III, i, 53

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
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