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From: joe@dayton.UUCP (Joseph P. Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UUdecode - Can someone post binary?
Keywords: uudecode, binary
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Date: 28 Apr 89 14:07:11 GMT
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Reply-To: joe@dayton.UUCP (Joseph P. Larson)
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cfchiesa@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Christopher Chiesa) writes:
>page%rishathra@Sun.COM (Bob Page) writes:
>> 
>> Somebody once told me there was a BASIC version of UUDECODE floating
>> around.  If you know of it, or know how to get it, please let me know
>> so I can distribute it.
>> 
>That's an interesting point, and one that I hadn't thought of before: I have
>a BASIC implementation of UUdecode for an Atari 8-bit computer; it ought to
>be possible to translate it into, say, AmigaBasic, and use that to bootstrap
>yourself into UUdecode operation.

Why are uuencode and uudecode considered such archane items?  My C source
code to uudecode is a whopping 184 lines, most of which is used to decide
what the name of the output file is supposed to be.  uuencode is 109.  But
every few months someone posts a message asking for versions that have been
Ported to the Amiga, or whatever.  Someone else needs a Pascal or a Basic
version.  And everyone talks about how there's one available from FTP or
They heard about one somewhere.

Granted, someone who doesn't know C very well may need to study the code
for 10 minutes before they're going to figure out what it's doing.  But
the amount of time it would take to port these guys to other languages is
probably less than the amount of time you spend looking for one that's
already ported.

Whatever.  Just sign me-

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