Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!rick From: rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: C news compatibility (was Re: Patch dates or Patch Numbers) Summary: conflicts Message-ID: <64229@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 19 Aug 89 16:17:06 GMT References: <1989Aug9.164003.20669@utzoo.uucp> <6717@dayton.UUCP> <3536@epimass.EPI.COM> Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA Lines: 9 Yes Bnews has bugs. no doubt about it. My point is that blindly relying on the rfc is not good. blindly relying on a particular piece of code is not good. If you discover a case that the RFC doesnt fully handle or that differs from the bnews code, ASK someone what the intent was. Dont go your own way.