Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Theads and FTP Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:33:19 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5pdpd75pb28ukk68tlbo7q2kijec7d2tu2@4ax.com> References: <5ltld7tfk710d84lkmv3rvcvd4g17bmak1@4ax.com> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: Z2l1DcCELS0rATq8NqV4Sw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10524 On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:14:21 -0800, Daniel Pitts wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >Why not look up the RFC on the FTP protocol? Because they are written to impress rather than inform. It is far too easy to misinterpret them. Sometimes there is some catch why in theory you can do something but not in practice. You have to learn that from someone who has used the tool, not from the author. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com For me, the appeal of computer programming is that even though I am quite a klutz, I can still produce something, in a sense perfect, because the computer gives me as many chances as I please to get it right.