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- From: haz1@tezcat.com (Bill Hazelrig)
- Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.lang.basic,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: alt.binaries.examples.* -> alt.binaries.comp.*
- Followup-To: alt.config
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 11:11:37 -0500
- Organization: the usual place
- Message-ID: <comp.lang.java-960412105001-haz1@nwu.edu>
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-
- Posted and emailed. comp.lang.c++ added to Newsgroups. Followups to
- alt.config, or at least out of marginally-related comp.lang.c, please.
-
- >Subject: Proposal: alt.binaries.examples.vb4 , alt.binaries.examples.vcpp , alt.binaries.examples.java
-
- Without making any comment on the advisability of these specific proposals,
- I'd like to suggest that the alt.binaries.comp.* hierarchy would be a more
- appropriate place for the suggested groups than creating a new
- alt.binaries.examples hierarchy. In re: the vcpp name(s), I would also
- point out that "+" IS a legal character in newsgroup names, and is in fact
- used in the names of the major C++ newsgroups (comp.lang.c++.moderated,
- comp.lang.c++, and comp.std.c++). Perhaps "vc++" would be a better choice
- than "vcpp"? May I suggest the following names (the second column being an
- alternate set of suggestions)?
-
- EITHER: OR:
-
- alt.binaries.comp.visual-basic-4 alt.binaries.comp.vb4-examples
- alt.binaries.comp.visual-c++ alt.binaries.comp.vc++-examples
- alt.binaries.comp.java alt.binaries.comp.java-examples
-
- Either set of names would fall within accepted newsgroup naming conventions
- and requirements, and they would be somewhat clearer and better-placed than
- the names currently proposed. The alt.binaries.comp.* hierarchy, long
- overdue considering the growth in number of computer-related alt.binaries.*
- groups, was started earlier this year with the creation of the newsgroup
- alt.binaries.comp.atari8bit.
-
- - Bill Hazelrig (haz1@nwu.edu) (also: haz1@tezcat.com)
- {formerly: haz1@midway.uchicago.edu, haz1@kimbark.uchicago.edu}
-