Re: BinSCII v2.0 ??????

[mspaeth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Wayne Gretzky)]

In article <2i6c4a$rir@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu>,
Michael Foegelle <foegelle@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu> wrote:
>I never have quite understood why the Apple 
>internet community didn't just go ahead and adopt UUENCODE like everyone 
>else, although of course Apple users always must be different..  (Flame 
>bait there I know, but..)  Anyone know the history of Binscii?  

BINSCII is more efficient than UUENCODE...

anyways... most other platforms are now moving to SHIP format, which is
also more efficient than UUENCODE, but I don't know how it compares to
binscii or the proposed binscii II

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