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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: Data Format Brainstorm
Date: 7 Jan 1995 09:45:41 -0500
Organization: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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Date: 1995-01-07T09:45:41-05:00
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did you really have to cross-post your reply to all those groups? The  guy
asked for email to prevent this. It is clearly not the kind of question whose
answer is of interest to all these groups.

I find it annoying when people to this kind of blanket post to find 
info when they are too lazy to do a bit of preliminary research first
to find references, but the followups compound the irritiation. Especially
when you read several of the groups involved.