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From: kent@happym.UUCP (Kent Forschmiedt)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: vn verses vnews
Message-ID: <549@happym.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 88 07:39:49 GMT
References: <632@convex.UUCP>
Reply-To: kent@happym.UUCP (Kent Forschmiedt)
Organization: Happy Man Corporation
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In article <632@convex.UUCP> tchrist@convex.UUCP (Tom Christiansen) writes:
>I don't understand what's "yucky" about rn.  I find its flexibility
>highly desirable.  Could someone explain what's "yucky" about it?  
> ... Everytime I track down their specific gripes,
>it's a case of RTFM.  

I have been using rn for a while now.  I found it yucky at first, too.
It has millions of features, and it takes a fair amount of knowledge
to get them under control.  Further, the manual is quite a tome, and
must be read like a novel.  It is not indexed, and I find it poorly
organized for reference use.

After accumulating sufficient experience with it, I am beginning to
appreciate its complexity as flexibility.
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  kent@happym.UUCP, tikal!camco!happym!kent, Happy Man Corp. USA 206-282-9598