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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Megaroids.prg (uuencoded)
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 10:29:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 10:29:00 1986
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> MERDE!!! are you saying that a compiler may not compile the source but
> the computer can run the binary ? i find that hard to believe !  /*
> Written 11:14 am  Jan 13, 1986 by turner@imagen.UUCP in
> ccvaxa:net.micro.atari */
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Why does this surprise you?  I have programs written in C, Fortran,
As, Lisp, and other languages which all produce binaries which
work happily on the same computer, even though they are totally
incompatible with each others compilers.

It is always better to make source available as well as executables,
(perhaps offering the sources by mail, to reduce net costs), but
executables still offer the widest distribution of the program's
functionality.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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