Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gatech.CSNET Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!petrus!scherzo!allegra!linus!gatech!royt From: royt@gatech.CSNET (Roy M Turner) Newsgroups: net.news.config,net.news.group,net.micro.mac Subject: Re: impending newsgroup cuts Message-ID: <1883@gatech.CSNET> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 19:43:14 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.1883 Posted: Tue Nov 5 19:43:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 02:49:14 EST References: <6047@utzoo.UUCP> <6081@utzoo.UUCP> <5356@amdcad.UUCP> <371@graffiti.UUCP> Reply-To: royt@gatech.UUCP (Roy M Turner) Organization: School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta Lines: 22 In article <371@graffiti.UUCP> peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: > >You know, if net.sources.mac contained sources it'd sure be less likely to >generate this sort of reaction. I think I've seen a total of one peice >of source code in it. Fine, binhex up the resources fork, but if you're >going to post to a sources group, post sources. > Well, perhaps you could recommend a language for the postings? Pascal? MSBasic? Assembler? C (and are all the C's available for the Mac compatible??)? XLISP?? As it is now, the binhex files aren't readable by humans, but they *are* usable by all MacIntosh owners (unless you have done something funky to your Mac, of course). If source is posted, then it is usable to only a small percentage of MacIntosh owners, ie, those with that particular language. If you want the source, you are probably wanting to change something in it (else you would just compile it anyway), and can ask the author of it, and if he or she wants you to have access to the source, he/she can send it to you. Roy PS--don't bother with flames, my "n" key is getting worn out! :-)