From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2001-03-14T08:37:29+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12588] Re: Strange segmentation fault problem with C++ extension [source] LONG

Paul C wrote:

# For some reason my news account doesnt seem to like me posting
# attachments (or at least they dont show up at my end) and I have
# therefore attached the source code for the offending module below.

FYI -- the 'some reason' is this: posting any sort of attachments (or
HTML or RTF text for that matter) to USENET Newsgroups (or mail lists
mirrored to them) is a violation of USENET Netiquette 
(also widely spelled Netiquitte).

This is supposed to be a "plain old text" medium, apparently for
various reasons of maximal backwards compatibility, maximal range of
OS/application accessibility, and lowest common denominator archival
searchability.

Don't worry about *occasional* long posts, especially if the subject
line carries a courtesy "[Long]" warning for those stuck behind slow 
modems.

Hmm. Looks like we're overdue for a posting of the Ruby Newsgroup FAQ
and Newsgroup Netiquette Reminder.

Conrad Schneiker
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