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From: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert)
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Subject: uuencoded binaries -- we don't all have the same compiler
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Date: Sat, 6-Sep-86 06:54:08 EDT
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In the discussion about uuencoded binaries vs. source, everyone seems to
assume that we all have compatible compilers.  We don't.  For example, I
have the Modula-2 developers' kit, which is very nice but doesn't do
much of a job on C sources.

I've had no problem with uuencoded files though -- I decode them on the
Unix machine that is on the net and send the binaries down using xmodem
or kermit.  All the uudecodes that I have seen really seem written to
run under Unix anyway, and maybe this is why they don't run OK on the ST.

Sources for uudecode and xmodem have been posted to the net, and there
are tons of PD xmodem packages for the ST (my favourite is xmdm.tos from
the group at Case, via bammi, which is much more robust and reliable
than the others I have tried).  The time may be ripe for reposting of
these sources, preferably with enough defines so that they will compile
on any Unix engine (my versions are heavily hacked for specialized use
on my machine and may not be very portable).