Some senseless babbling from Geert Bosch to Mike Ruskai
on 04 Jan 95  02:04:00 about UU algorithm...

 GB> Mike Ruskai wrote in a message to All:
 
 MR> Anyone have the algorithm for uuen/decoding files?  I'd like
 MR> to write  en/decoders in REXX.
 GB> Here's a decoder with rather decent speed for Rexx: over 3000 lines
 GB> per minute on my 486DX33. I don't think it is possible to go much
 GB> higher without using external libraries.

 GB> I'd challenge anyone to write one that is at least 25% faster without
 GB> using external libraries / programs (except the 'ERASE' command, which
 GB> doesn't have a standard Rexx counterpart).

I'll see what I can do :)

BTW, SysFileDelete would be a standard REXX counterpart to ERASE.

And thanks - this should be easy for me to get the method from to give it a 
hack.

And FYI, my goal is not to make a faster decoder, but a smarter one that 
can handle more situations.

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