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echo: locsysop
to: Bob Lawrence
from: Frank Malcolm
date: 1996-06-09 05:29:40
subject: Funny characters

BL> To: 3:711/934.24

Hi, Bob. Did you realise that the above was there? Did you intend to
send this to me netmail? Or are you now putting the recipient's address
in the top line instead of inserting a blank? Makes it more interesting
I suppose.

BL>  PE> they have the most absolutely bloody brilliant vaporware you've
BL>  PE> ever  seen. I'm always getting comments like "Hey wow,
BL>  PE> I've never seen anything like it before", followed by
"Come to
BL>  PE> think of it, I've never even seen it".

BL>  FM> Wow! I think I've hit a hot-button here! :-) Let's just say I
BL>  FM> prefer the programs I write and use to work and be robust, and
BL>  FM> easily maintainable. I use the tools which will let me do that.

BL>   ROFL! Just criticise SOT/EOT; Paul goes right off. I think he
BL> probably realises by now that it is useless and logically flawed, but
BL> he's *published*!

I don't think it's useless, for reasons which are in other messages.

BL>   Paul was foolish enough to tell me that he could not be insulted, so
BL> I'm perfecting the art.

Yeah, but what I'd really like is an intelligent discussion about
SOT/EOT, and PKTs in general.

Regards, fIM.

 * * Bits make bytes, but nibbles turn me on!
@EOT:

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