From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: alt.sources Subject: Re: alpha perl-cops, part 0 Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 03:06:29 GMT >>>>> On 17 May 91 04:45:11 GMT, df@sei.cmu.edu (Dan Farmer) said: Dan> Hello -- this is what everyone has been waiting for, the alpha (!!!) Dan> release of perl-cops, or p-cops. This should be functionally equivalent Dan> to version 1.02 of the normal, or shell/C version of cops, with everything Dan> rewritten in perl, with the exception of the CRC checking stuff (sorry, Dan> no one had the guts (insanity) to do it :-)). etc, etc... This is, without a doubt, the longest introduction to a source posting that, after reading it, I still couldn't figure out the purpose of the program it was referring to. So, what the h*** is COPS??? (and kuang?) -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"