Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : Scott Little
From : Rick Van Ruth
Date : Sun Nov 10 2002 09:15 pm

Hello Scott.

10 Nov 02 20:47, you wrote to me:

 RR>> Also what is the point of having "Parent"?

 SL> Because irritatingly, the full Fidonet hierarchy isn't represented in
 SL> the node number.  To find out what Region or Hub a node is in you have
 SL> to trace backwards up the Parent tree.

Couldn't that be done just via the organisation of the nodelist file? Or is
that something that is being trying to be overcme?


Cheers,
                Rick

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