From:	"Pavlos" <trash24379 AT usa DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Try this base converter..It accepts large integers up to 60 digits.
Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:34:04 +0300
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Johan Venter wrote in message <4eTr3.3214$X4 DOT 7398 AT newsfeeds DOT bigpond DOT com>...
>Don Ingalls wrote in message ...
>>E-mail me back to tell me what you think of this little program...
>>don DOT ingalls AT sstar DOT com
>>twozerocool AT yahoo DOT com
>
>This is the second time you've waisted our bandwidth and posted this binary
file. Please
>refrain from posting binary files as a) nobody wants to download them and
b) nobody in
>their right mind would run it, who knows what deadly virii could be hiding
in there.
>
>You must realize that a lot of us (including me) run on expensive internet
connections and
>download every message posted to this forum for offline viewing. I realise
that 186k is
>not all that much to be complaining about, but it's the principle of the
matter that I'm
>trying to convey.
>
>If you want to post something, post the source. Everyone here can recompile
it if it's in
>DJGPP, and if it's not in DJGPP, then you shouldn't be posting it here in
the first place
>
>Does anyone agree with me, or am I on my own here?
>

I agree with you. I think it's best not to post big binaries here. If
someone wants to share his program, he should upload it somewhere and tell
us where to find it (or even better, upload the sources)
Pavlos

>--
>Johan Venter
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>
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