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Re: Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here?

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On 18.09.2013 22:19, Salmon Egg wrote:
> In article <b9ud4mF4k55U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Axel Vogt <&noreply@axelvogt.de> wrote:
> 
>> On 18.09.2013 20:49, Salmon Egg wrote:
>>> Sometimes it is very difficult to ask questions about Maple without a 
>>> worksheet to describe the problem. For example, I have a question that 
>>> would require a .mw file of under 50kB. This does not strike me as using 
>>> a great deal of resource compared to trying to text instead. It is not 
>>> like using a binary snapshot of the worksheet. This would be 
>>> particularly true if the Maple statements were not executed.
>>>
>>> Would such attachments be considered a breach of netiquette?
>>>
>>
>> I am not the Sheriff - not sure, whether it is a good idea, as nobody
>> and no server would expect attachments here.
>>
>> Formally you may argue: *.mw is not a binary, but a text file (as XML)
>> and you may even append as inline text.
> 
> From old experience with Pascal and other languages, it was possible to 
> do just that. That is, for example, the bytes in a file could be 
> interpreted as character encoded by ASCII or as hexadecimal integers 
> from from 00..FF. The process was called type casting. Before that was 
> available as a built-in function, Pascal users used variant records. 
> Thus, it should be possible to fool servers intohandling .mw files. But 
> I do not wish to thwart the regulation of this newsgroup. Special 
> characters such as control characters might lead to unintended 
> consequences.
> 

I am almost sure it would work

Anyway: as acer suggests www.mapleprimes.com would be better
under variuos considerations. Just give it a try

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Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-09-18 11:49 -0700
  Re: Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here? Axel Vogt <&noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2013-09-18 21:27 +0200
    Re: Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here? Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-09-18 13:19 -0700
      Re: Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here? Axel Vogt <&noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2013-09-19 19:13 +0200
      Re: Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here? Axel Vogt <&noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2013-09-20 21:46 +0200
  Re: Is it ok to attach Maple Worksheets to posts here? acer <maple@rogers.com> - 2013-09-18 18:38 -0700

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