From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Pitiful attempt to bring this thread back on topic
Date: 09 Jan 2000 20:51:28 -0800
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"Damian Yerrick" <snews AT pineight DOT 8m DOT comMUNIST-PIGS-AOL> writes:

> "Nate Eldredge" <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> wrote:
> > Think you've reinvented the wheel.
> 
> No, just the secret decoder ring.

8) 8)

> > `man caesar' on the nearest BSD-heritage Unix box.
> 
> But does it accept (and do the right thing with) negative ahzoref?

Erm, no.  But if the "right thing" is what I think you mean, you can
just take it mod 26 (i.e. -1 => 25).

> I may add a feature to mine that lets it use a shifting key

Okay, so it's a better wheel 8)

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Nate Eldredge
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