On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Ric Werme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who invented BASE64 anyway, when uuencoding work just fine already?
According to what I find on the web, BASE64 is portable across more character sets. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/uuencode.html#tag_04_163_18 I'm actually surprised there was a real reason. I figured someone was just reinventing the wheel again. It's what we do. "... repetition is the very soul of the 'net." -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
