From: "AG" <ang@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Re: OT: Word processing (was: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada)
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:10:40 -0800
Date: 2002-12-15T18:10:40-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d8UK9.4651$Q11.77741@news.xtra.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jeFJ9.148$j44.131@read3.inet.fi
"Anders Wirzenius" <anders.wirzenius@pp.qnet.fi> wrote in message
news:jeFJ9.148$j44.131@read3.inet.fi...
> "Grein, Christoph" <christoph.grein@eurocopter.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1039598282.30657.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
> > > File length in bytes:
> > > text editor: 1
> > > MS Word: 19456
> > > MS Excel: 13824
> >
> > That's not at all astonishing. A text editor does not add any formatting
> > information.
> >
> > Word and Excel add paper layout, font descriptions and what else... So
what?
Perhaps you've missed the part where the files
contained the original author's name three times?
What exactly does it have to do with formatting?
Not to mention that 10k+ formatting info does
seem a bit too much for a single character file.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-16 2:10 UTC|newest]
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2002-12-11 9:11 OT: Word processing (was: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada) Grein, Christoph
2002-12-11 11:22 ` Anders Wirzenius
2002-12-16 2:10 ` AG [this message]
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2002-12-07 2:47 IBM Acquires Rational Ada Richard Riehle
2002-12-07 8:24 ` achrist
2002-12-08 1:46 ` Richard Riehle
2002-12-09 13:09 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-09 22:45 ` steve_H
2002-12-10 13:50 ` Marin David Condic
2002-12-10 17:47 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-10 20:21 ` Wes Groleau
2002-12-10 22:05 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-12-11 2:50 ` steve_H
2002-12-11 8:51 ` OT: Word processing (was: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada) Anders Wirzenius
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