Indeed.
> This 60k limit on postings is really a pain.
My own approach to the 64k limit is to flout it. The comp.lang.c
FAQ list is currently at 143k and still in one part, because I
don't feel like splitting it up, and I don't feel like forcing
readers to collate and reassemble multiple parts in order to get
the whole thing (especially when they come across one of the
cross-references, which the list is laced with).
At last count, I had received precisely zero complaints about the
comp.lang.c FAQ list being unavailable because of size-related
transmission problems. I know that there are a few sites which
disallow large articles, but either there aren't very many of
them, or else there aren't many C programmers at them.
(I also post an abridged version of the FAQ list, containing the
same questions but with less detailed answers, and it's well
under 64k, so no one can claim total ignorance of the existence
of the lists, and the abridged version explains how to retrieve
the full version by ftp.)
I can't exactly recommend this strategy to others, as it does fly
rather blatantly in the face of the party line, but as the saying
goes, "it works for me."
Steve Summit
scs@eskimo.com
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