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From: faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel P Faigin)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: proposal/query for an improvement of the "rn" program
Message-ID: <2668@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 15:21:42 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2668
Posted: Sun Mar  9 15:21:42 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Mar-86 04:14:21 EST
References: <146@cui.UUCP>
Reply-To: faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel P Faigin)
Organization: System Development Corporation R&D, Santa Monica
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Keywords: rn news archive

In article <146@cui.UUCP> petitp@cui.UUCP (PETITPIERRE Dominique) writes:
>    The obvious tool to solve that problem, would be to use "rn" on a
>personal directory. It would fit perfectly since it is meant for that kind of
>access. BUT "rn" is not parametrisable for that purpose: the ~/News (%p) and
> ...

We (myself, Mark Biggar, and Larry Wall, the author of Rn) have
had discussions on this a number of times. Not only would this
feature have appliations regarding news, but it might also develop
into an Rn interface to mail. However, work on this area has been
stalled for quite a while, because Larry Wall has been bogged
down on our project for many months (he hasn't even signed on to
read mail). The way that Larry's project-related work queues look
(which take priority), he may not get to work on these ideas for
a while.

So, take heart. We do understand your problem and are thinking
about it. One of these days...

And, as for Larry, let me repeat something I said in December:

In article <332@well.UUCP> farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) writes:
>
>  After trying to send mail to the last address for Larry Wall that I have
>the mailer tells me there's no such person there.  Can you help?  Thanks.

Well, I just turned to the person sitting behind me busily
writing a compiler and said, "Larry, do you exist?" He replied,
"In a tenuous form."

Joking aside, yes, Larry Wall does exist. Mail may be sent to him
at the address lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP. This does not mean you should
expect a prompt reply. Larry is currently being enslaved (oops)
kept busy on a project that works on a machine with no outside
access. Although I pester him to read his mail, he is extremely
busy and does not have a spare minute to do so. If it is extremely 
urgent that you get to Larry, try sending mail to either me
(faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP) or Mark Biggar (markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP) and we
will see that it gets brought to Larry's attention. [Of course,
this still does not imply that he will do anything about it --
corporate deadlines can have weird effects on otherwise sane
people]

From the Offices of Larry Wall and Daniel Faigin...


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