From: terje.mathisen@nospicedham.tmsw.no   
      
   wolfgang kern wrote:   
   > Martin Str|mberg wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> So you decide the rules and tell and show us (if you want).   
   >   
   > Thanks, I thought real needs caused this restrictions.   
   > So my rules for such an Base64 decoder would allow ASCII 33..127 and   
   > nothing less than 386 code.   
      
   That's rather stupid IMHO:   
      
   If you have 95 available characters you should get at least 6.5   
   bits/char, i.e. with such a large alphabet you need to use something   
   more efficient than Base64.   
      
   My first ascii executable used both POP BX and Base91. :-)   
      
   Terje   
      
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