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It seems like arxiv replaced 'bitnet.cpp' with a link 'this http url', even though '.cpp' is clearly not a tld. Poor regex?




> '.cpp' is clearly not a tld.

Is it that clear? Because e.g. .app and .cpa are TLDs. So are .py and .so.


and .com is a TLD[0] and also a file type[1], to further complicate matters.

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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_file




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