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From: shap@delrey.sgi.com (Jonathan Shapiro)
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Subject: Re: Do class libraries have to be in source form (2 of 4)
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Date: 27 Nov 89 16:43:36 GMT
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In article <1989Nov23.105650.17030@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> sjb@cs.toronto.edu (Stephen Bellantoni) writes:
>For, the only reasons to have the source are (1) to look at
>it and (2) to change it. 
>
>In case (2) you are not re-using code, you are modifying it...

Claptrap.  Modification is a form of reuse.  A *major* form of reuse.
One of the most often overlooked and significant advantages to
object-oriented programming languages is that the things one needs to
think about modifying are all collected together at teh object
definition.

Jonathan Shapiro
Silicon Graphics, Inc.