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From: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: net.sources.amiga - it's time!
Message-ID: <384@mecc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 15:20:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 15:20:49 1985
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Summary: net.sources should have sources, not binary.

Suggestion: net.sources.mac be reserved for ASCII sources.  Binaries may
	be posted if an ASCII source is also posted.

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My two cents' worth: net.sources.mac should only have ASCII sources.
Others' worth: Mac users without appropriate compilers can't compile them.

Nobody has mentioned that BINHEX postings don't need "expensive" (for
individual micro owners) compilers.

However, if the .mac sources were in ASCII then they'd be nearly as useful
as .sources postings are.  Even if a program won't run on your particular
machine, the interesting algorithms would be available for conversion.

I've been keeping quiet on this, but now Amiga threatens to begin binaries.
We have to act now or we'll have also have Altair binaries.


*Mac, Amiga, Altair are/were trademarks of Apple, Commodore, MITS.
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Scot E. Wilcoxon  Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp.         circadia!mecc!sewilco
45 03 N / 93 15 W   (612)481-3507 {ihnp4,mgnetp}!dicomed!mecc!sewilco