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From: dave@rocksvax.FUN (Dave Sewhuk,840-5H,76248,2883513)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Cleaning up net.sources.mac (mod.sources...)
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 15:41:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 15:41:00 1985
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/* rocksvax:net.micro.mac / peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) /  1:45 pm  Nov 16, 1985 */
>that if you can post IBM-PC sources to the net, why can't you do the same for
>Macintosh sources?

1) Different development environments.
	The only standard one is MDS on a Lisa.  Most people I suspect don't
	own a Lisa (AKA Mac XL)
	Ex: -include file differences:
		qd.h in Megamax is similar to quickdraw.h in MANX
		Ifdefing all this junk makes for more bytes to xfer still making
		the binary even more attractive.
	    -capitalization differences, etc
	    -how do you include the bits for some picture resource and window
	     templates without sending some binary glue?  Not everyone's
	     RMaker can make all the resources.

2) The PC is a much more simple model to interface to so the code ought
	to be more generic and free of compiler idiosyncracies.
	Ex: most people probably have the same interface to do BDOS(22).
	I am not sure about this one but I suspect that the most complex
	data structure usually manipulated is a FCB like thing.  No
	Graphic hooks, device management, memory management.
3) No 2 PC's are alike so you have to have the sources to customize any
	program.  Macs are pretty much mac's.  

4) As pointed out earlier the BinHex binary form is usually shorter than the
	the sum of the source files.  Without things like make, you even
	have to add instructions on how to glue the sources together.

My vote, keep the binaries coming, send sources when appropriate...
---
Dave

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