> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:43:59 +0100
> From: Robert Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
>
> My points, in a nutshell:
> [...]
> Have I convinced you back the other way? :)

Sorry, no.  We shouldn't encourage people to write bad clients.  For
all the same reason that we keep beating up on poor Theo :-)  You are
of course right about string-packed records, and I think everyone
agrees with you on that one.

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