Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-gr.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!utah-cs!utah-gr!donn From: donn@utah-gr.UUCP (Donn Seeley) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Re: Line eater bug Message-ID: <1213@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 03:37:44 EDT Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1213 Posted: Wed Oct 17 03:37:44 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Oct-84 06:54:19 EDT References: <6083@mcvax.UUCP> <1311@ritcv.UUCP> <193@alberta.UUCP> <5331@brl-tgr.ARPA> <196@alberta.UUCP> Organization: CS Dept., University of Utah Lines: 10 Guido van Rossum's message was broken, but I doubt it was because of the line eater bug. He forgot a primary rule of the net, one that is probably in the 'Introduction to Usenet' document but really ought to be printed by 'postnews' before it lets you make a fool of yourself: Never, EVER, attempt to be subtle on Usenet. Mark Twain's 'The Stolen White Elephant' is the standard introductory document for C news, Donn Seeley University of Utah CS Dept decvax!utah-cs!donn