In article <199908071408.AAA22832@balrog.supp.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au>,
Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> wrote:

>		release = sprintf("%c", release + 64);	# 64 = "A" - 1

release + '@' works fine, no?

And I think that burning both digits is a bad idea. Maybe using '9' to
indicate release '0' to be current and the ones inbetween as ALPHA,
BETA, GAMMA, DELTA... 

christos