At 01:19 AM 5/6/00 -0400, Doug Chamberlin wrote:

>At 5/6/00 12:25 AM (Saturday), Bill Karwin wrote:
>>This would be the first time AFAIK that the _server_ cares about the Blob
>>subtype.
>
>This is a bright red flag to me!
>
>Do we really want to introduce this change? I see the blob-to-string and
>string-to-blob stuff as a mildly interesting capability with no real need
>addressed except a vague sense of symmetry.
>

And what is your objection to symmetry? Those of us of a mathematical
bent find symmetry satisfying and occasionally useful.

Jim Starkey