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From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A European point of view (LONG)
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Date: 13 Dec 90 11:55:56 GMT
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In article <90346.213248JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>In article <618@cbmger.UUCP>, peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) says:
>>... all the German
>>Amiga magazines provide at least 50 % of their programming examples
>>with bad, OS unfriendly code. One of them now is making fun by adding
>>a disclaimer to such listings like that one found on cigarette boxes
>>warning you about health risks, very funny :-(. - It's a simple fact
>>that we are too few and have too little time to constantly bash on
>>them and teach them the right way, sigh. (As far as I know there is
>>not such a problem in the US, because their magazines don't publish
>>listings at all? Or did I get something wrong here :-)?)
>>
>AmigaWorld is starting that new Tech Journal of theirs...  Judging
>the above info, there may be a vast market for them to explore in
>Europe to increase circulation....
>
>                                                            Kurt

Considering that many of the examples in german magazines are written by former
demo coders I think you are fighting a losing battle when you try to make them
write OS friendly.

/Jorgen
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