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 Message 1161 
 August Abolins to Maurice Kinal 
 shiney new binkd 
 14 Jan 26 13:39:00 
 
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Hello Maurice Kinal!

 >> That may mean that gcc developers are getting sloppy,

 MK> No it doesn't.  Without overthinking this, it means that
 MK> the binkd source isn't quite up to speed as far as c
 MK> standards are concerned and that gcc provides backwards
 MK> compatibilty via the -std switch.

Ah..  just a binkd thing.  OK.

 > :read !date --rfc-3339=ns
 MK> 2026-01-14 18:04:01.153826413+00:00

 MK> Overkill for sure but the nanosecond part could be used to ensure
 MK> uniqueness in a multiuser enviroment.

Yeah..  you love those nano seconds.

But wrt binkd does it matter? I mean.. isn't binkd the  
connection component over the internet, and not for the FTN  
messages?  Why would connection time need such granularity at  
the time of the "call"?

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