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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: xx vs. uu
Keywords: where?
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Date: 14 Feb 90 05:47:20 GMT
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In article <1513@krafla.rhi.hi.is> frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) writes:
%>So - why use XXencode ?  UUencode is, after all, generally available and
%>there have not been any serious complaints in the past.
%>
%>	[stuff deleted]
%>
%>The source for XXencode and XXdecode is available both in C and Basic. I
%>have compiled the C source without problems with Turbo C 2.0 and on
%>a HP/UX system.
%>
%>Fridrik Skulason   -   University of Iceland, Computing Services.
%>frisk@rhi.hi.is        Technical Editor, Virus Bulletin.

Where is XX[en|de]code available?  I've been looking for it for about 6
months, and I've been unable to find it.  I claim that it is not
available, and that is why it is not widely used.  I only rarely see
things XXencoded.

Kenneth J. Hendrickson N8DGN    kjh@usc.edu    ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh