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From: davidl@hpcll11.HP.COM (David Leger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Do class libraries have to be in source form? (1 of 4)
Message-ID: <1000038@hpcll11.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Nov 89 00:11:39 GMT
References: <176@taumet.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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In article <taumet.UUCP> taumet.UUCP (Michael S. Ball) writes:       
>.. 2.  Why to vendors of class libraries want to distribute object-only
>       versions rather than source code.

   Could it be because they fear the support issues for software created
   from the (modified) library source?

		       David.
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