On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 19:17, Ken Hornstein <[email protected]> wrote:

> >Sorry, I forgot to mention that I tried that already...
>
> Sorry Jeff, I should have guessed that.  I just thought maybe you weren't
> familiar with "git blame".
>
> >I'm going to peruse here to see if there is some explaination of why it's
> >that way and if the reason is still valid:
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/rand-mh/
>
> I was curious about this as well, so I took a look.  I see there's
> still call to m_foil() in post back in MH 5.  So I am guessing the
> answer is, "we've always done it that way".  I see that the READ-ME
> for MH 5 is dated ... sweet Jesus, January 19th, 1985.  Suddenly I
>

That's about when I started using MH and mh-e...  Were you even born?  ;-)


> feel young again!  There are a few ChangeLog entries that imply
> that the m_foil() code was added by Marshall Rose, and he's still
> alive, isn't he?  If people care, someone could always email him
> and ask him about it (note: I am NOT volunteering; I have nothing
> against Marshall Rose, I'm just not motivated enough to bother).
>
>
He's around. I'll e-mail him.


Thanks

Jeff

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