Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:3953 unix-pc.general:1231 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!labrea!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!milano!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: gdb on 3b1 up and running Keywords: diffs comming soon Message-ID: <5821@bigtex.uucp> Date: 11 Aug 88 02:49:29 GMT References: <833@naucse.UUCP> Reply-To: james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 13 In article <833@naucse.UUCP>, rrr@naucse.UUCP (Bob Rose ) wrote: > How many of you what the diff's, any objections to posting them > compressed and uuencoded (it saves about 25%)?? Yes, I object to compressing & uuencoding! It doesn't save any space where it counts: it takes *more* space. News transfer between machines is almost universally compressed (big exception is nntp). If you compress & uuencode something you post, particularly if it is text, you'll take up about 25% or more space (try it out - compress is better than compress|uuencode|compress). -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!uunet!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746