Subj : feature request
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 01:25:02

Hello Bj”rn,

On Monday October 06 2014 18:09, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> BAUDRATE 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 14400 16800 19200 28800 33600

 BF>    But then again, since many *Cs have used my patched version of the
 BF> original MakeNL for ages, that field has kinda redundant for a decade
 BF> and a half.

True, it does not serve a purpose any more. But for backward compatibility we 
can not just put anything there. Many nodelist processing sofware will barf if 
theer are jyst two adjacent commas. Or something that is not an integer. And as 
it serves no purpose, it does not hurt to check for "funny" input and replace 
it with "9600" does it?

 BF> I removed that check completely, since it serves absolutely no
 BF> purpose. Never has, except possibly as penis enhancer
 BF> for some people in need for that...

The Baud rate field DID serve a purpose in the very early days when there were 
modems without buffers and RTS/CTS handshake. They required that the DCE/DTE 
speed was set to the same value as the line speed.


Cheers, Michiel

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