Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Seri Message-ID: <22382@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 13 Jun 91 00:35:10 GMT References: <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1603@glyph.kingston.ny.us> <1991Jun3.140107.945@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <1057.284e0dbf@vger.nsu.edu> <91158.110654GHGAQA4@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> <1062.2853935b@vger.nsu.edu> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes: >In article <1062.2853935b@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes: >>In article <91158.110654GHGAQA4@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be>, GHGAQA4@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be (Tyberghein Jorrit) writes: >>>>I am glad that you put a smiley on the end. The last thing we need is >>>>apublic domain version of the kernal. >>Releasing source code would create a nightmare for Commodore ... >The intent of publishing source code isn't so people can make better >versions, although it might be a neat school project :) Ever have >a question like, "Does RectFill() use QBlit()?" Well, the answer can >be found in the code (or you can bug folks on the net with the question... :) I that actually illustrates one of the dangers of releasing any source code. You should treat every function as a black box, unless told otherwise. While sometimes questions like that are just out of interest, if folks start to depend on HOW functions are implemented, rather than simply on what they do, we're all doomed. -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "This is my mistake. Let me make it good." -R.E.M.