At 11:49 AM 6/26/2003 +0100, you wrote:
1. What is an RFC?
Norman is correct in his explanation of a Request For Comments. RFC's came about for implementation for the Internet. Various Internet "standards" were introduced as an RFC. The RFC's are used as a yardstick to determine compliance. Internet mail is based on a number of RFC's (I think 812 is one of them). Same goes for things like FTP, POP, PPP, etc. I don't know if there was an organization that sort of controlled them. They go back to the mid-80's at least.
2. What exactly is an _rc file (presumably like qascade_rc, the runtime control file or something like that?)
Resource Control is correct. It's pretty much from Unix. Most shells have an rc file. Since I used to use the C shell, I has a .cshrc. csh is the shell name and rc is for resource control. The file was pronounced "see-shark". I believe Emacs and other applications use rc files. Since Jonathan Hudson has a Unix background, he used this convention for Qascade.
BTW, I'm still around. Between work and entering my second year as President of a local non-profit Museum, I'm been too busy for QL things. Still follow the list though.
Tim Swenson
