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From: thomson@cs.utah.edu (Rich Thomson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: TILE
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.101534.26595@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 89 17:15:34 GMT
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In article <5762@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> dunn@uhccux.UUCP (John Dunn) writes:
>I *like* it when people take the time to upload something timely
>and of interest.  If it happens to be something I am not interested
>in, I know where the "N" key is.  

I think you missed the point of the complainer's message.  The same source
code was posted to comp.sources.misc, where it belongs.  This group is not
the place for large source code postings -- that is what the sources groups
are for.  Small postings containing programs are acceptable in most "comp"
oriented groups, but 7-part source postings are not for comp.lang.forth.

Volunatarily restricting big source postings to the sources groups allows
those with tight disk space to get only the messages they want.  The
posting in question should have been replaced with an announcement of
TILE's availability in comp.sources.misc and via uucp/ftp (if available).

						-- Rich
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