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From: Dion_L_Johnson@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Standard for file transmission
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Date: 12 May 88 04:16:45 GMT
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I can well understand that there are good reasons for us (most of us) to
want to have source code, but there are also sometimes good reasons
to distribute binaries.  Hasnt this topic been talked to death in
other fora, at other times?  Perhaps someone will post a summary
about the good/bad points of each distribution scheme?  Also, why is
it that those who decry binaries do so with such vehemence?  Finally,
will the (someday) coming of widespread binary compatibility among
at least some classes of systems affect the acceptance of binary
distribution? comments?  And should this be discussed somewhere else?

thanks,  - Dion