Subj : Re: Atari 400; meh.
To   : candycane
From : Spectre
Date : Mon Aug 07 2023 05:25:00

 ca> What's the difference between uuencode and base64? They both seem to be
 ca> email-friendly encodings..

If'n I recall right, uuencode only uses 7 bits... it was devised for truly
antique news servers.  A lot of uuencoding is relatively platform specific
not all encodes/decoders behave quite the same way.

base64 appears to be the same thing...uuencode is an implementation.

Spec


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