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From: mitch@stride1.UUCP (Thomas P. Mitchell)
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Subject: Re: Standard for file transmission
Summary: Send binary support it.
Keywords: best compression method
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Date: 11 May 88 18:04:39 GMT
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From: mitch@stride1.UUCP (Thomas P. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Standard for file transmission
Summary: Send binary support it.
Keywords: best compression method
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Date: 11 May 88 18:04:39 GMT
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In article <10758@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>In article <552@csccat.UUCP> loci@csccat.UUCP (Chuck Brunow) writes:
>>
>
>And another: not everybody has all compilers.  There have been postings
>in MSC, Turbo C, Turbo Pascal, MASM, Fortran and COBOL (yecch) so far on
>this group.  That's why we have a binary group.  Besides I wouldn't give
>out source to some things which I can distribute as binary. 

To send binary or not to send binary, this is a tough question.
But my general thoughts on this is that binarys are the way to
distribute a product you sell and support.  Source text is the
way to make available something you wish to share and are willing
to see improved and expanded.  Oh yes critized as well.

The argument that not evrybody has all compilers is real.  Yet I
dislike it.  To me compilers are like a key board,  a computer is
worth little without one.   

Back to the topic. Not all binary files are code so how do we
transfer binarys or anything else for that matter.  Some things like
bit maps (face server, fonts) and other data needs to be transfered from
machine to machine.  And at times code binarys as well (blush I
did say this).  My thought on this is that the link should know
how to best send the data.  In other words uucp should be
expanded to exchange abilities.  Consider an initial uucp
conection in which the programs exchange information like "have
compress16|compress12, have bta/atb, have kermit, have xmodem ,
have link_is_100%, have TeleBit, have never_talked, have
exchanged_compression_tables".  Given this type of information
the program then can select the best tool to get the best
effective transfer rate for the next conversation.

Well what say you all?


Thanks for the soap.
mitch@stride1.Stride.COM

Thomas P. Mitchell (mitch@stride1.Stride.COM)
Phone: (702)322-6868	TWX: 910-395-6073	FAX: (702)322-7975
MicroSage Computer Systems Inc.
Opinions expressed are probably mine.