tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (10/04/89)
In <3599@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> msc@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (michael.s.cross) writes:
msc> This, of course, leaves you with a huge .newsrc file (which can't
msc> be edited). [ ... text about how cross-posted articles are
msc> marked as read in unsubscribed groups, making it difficult to vi
msc> a file if the lines grow to much ... ]
msc> (is someone collecting 'rn' bugs???)
Sure; a few people are and doubtless Larry Wall is among them. What
you have described though isn't a bug. A limitation of some other
programme is not a bug for a programme that might even use it; the
fact that vi can't handle a .newsrc with a long line is not something
to blame about rn.
I do know at least one other person who might agree with you though;
to him a bug is just about anything that doesn't do what he wants it
to do, regardless of whether that was a direct design decision and the
behaviour is intentional. Follow-ups, therefore, have been directed
to alt.religion.computers because this branch is now very divergent
from newusers' questions.
Oh wait, here's a newuser's question from an olduser. Why do so many
computer users feel it necessary to use multiple question marks at the
end of a sentence? Even though it is a major peeve of mine, this
isn't a flame of that. I just think one is sufficient and am very
curious why others don't think so. It makes them seem terribly
excitable to me.
Dave
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