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Re: ietf-nntp New wording on article numbers

Tom Limoncelli <tal@plts.org> Mon, 30 December 1996 20:28 UTC

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From: Tom Limoncelli <tal@plts.org>
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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp New wording on article numbers
To: Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:24:02 -0500 (EST)
Cc: ietf-nntp@academ.com
In-Reply-To: <199612281754.RAA24839@black.oaktree.co.uk> from "Jon Ribbens" at Dec 28, 96 05:54:08 pm
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> William H. Magill wrote:
> > Penn runs INN on an AXP 2100 under Digital Unix, so I'm all for 64 bits!
> >         (http://www.upenn.edu/dccs/news/faq/faq-conf-server.html)
> 
> I'm not ;-). It's unnecessary and causes problems on 32-bit machines.

Why are you guys doing anything with bits?  The real solution
is to use BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) or infinate precision integers.

Don't you all use newsreaders written in "bc"?

Harrumph,
--tal

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