Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news From: david@jane.jpl.nasa.gov (David Robinson) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Why call it C news? Message-ID: <1989Aug18.201907.20900@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 18 Aug 89 20:19:07 GMT Reply-To: david@jane.jpl.nasa.gov (David Robinson) Organization: Image Analysis Systems Grp, JPL Lines: 21 One thing that has puzzled me. Why is C news called "C" news? "A" (the original) had a completely different article format from "B" news. Special processing is required to process an A article under B news. C news uses the same transport protocol, same message format, and from the outside looks identical to B news. Except for the minor changes to the history file it appears to just be a total rewrite of the B news code, just like 3.0 news (aka TMNN). I can see the possible confusion with 3.0 news in the numbering scheme but didn't C news start first? Why wasn't it news 3.0? -David P.S. I use C news and think that Geoff and Henry have done an amazingly good job on the code, I just wonder about the name. David Robinson elroy!david@csvax.caltech.edu ARPA david@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov ARPA {cit-vax,ames}!elroy!david UUCP Disclaimer: No one listens to me anyway!