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Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Python 2.2.1 for DOS test release
Date:	Mon, 27 May 2002 19:04:54 +0200
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> When you say "tries its own connection via comm port", do you mean that
the
> program should make a connection via modem and run all the networking
> protocols itself? That's quite a task. Also it would not work very well on
a
> LAN.

True, but wouldn't it be even more challenging to build a module that
supports a large array of external DOS networking drivers? I don't think
that "one-size-fits-all" there, or am I mistaken?

Ben

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