Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!lll-lcc!pyramid!ncc!lyndon From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Inline assembler; a quiz (long; sorry) Message-ID: <1499@ncc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 02:03:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ncc.1499 Posted: Tue Jul 21 02:03:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 06:18:12 EDT References: <608@zen.UUCP> <2299@hoptoad.uucp> <21211@sun.uucp> <830@omepd> <23262@sun.uucp> Organization: Nexus Computing Corp., Edmonton, AB Lines: 22 Summary: Cop Out! In article <23262@sun.uucp>, guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes: > > Big deal. You get documentation, you just don't get the "troff" > source to it. How many vendors *do* supply that stuff? (Besides, > getting it wouldn't do you any good; we use our own macro packages > and other tools, and it would be too much trouble to supply and > support them.) That's a bit of a cheap shot! From what I've seen, Sun tends to supply alot of "nice" things other vendors leave out. Why scrimp on /usr/doc? If you use your own macro packages to produce the doc then they (the macros) already exist, so there is no (non-politcol) reason that they can't be shipped with the troff source. Nobody says you have to support the macro package... Even without the "tools", it's nice to be able to troff a basic copy of things to use when you're working at home on the weekend (yes photocopiers exist, but then again, why do people buy laser printers?) --lyndon -- Ollie for president: the tradition continues.