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From: vevea@paideia.uchicago.edu (Jack L. Vevea)
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Subject: Re: 509?? (Re: Max line length)
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Date: 14 Mar 89 03:50:46 GMT
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In article <9847@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>
>Rest assured that there were good and sufficient reasons for that
>particular number.  If you had asked politely I might even have
>explained what they were.


Hmm.  Would it help if a third party asked politely?  I, and I'm sure
many others on the net, can't help but feel a little curiosity.










Saepe Fidelis.