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From: davec@mhuxl.UUCP (Dave Caswell)
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Subject: Re: Easy of programming, Mac, Amiga
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Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 00:11:40 EDT
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> world (to hear some of the Mactribesmen speak, their Mac is better
> than a Sun!). Frankly, who gives a #$%@#$% about whether you have to
> recompile your code after changing the gadgets? Doesn't exactly sound
> earth-shattering to me...
> 
>       Eric Green {akgua,ut-sally}!usl!elg
>         (Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191, Lafayette, LA 70509)
> 

Well,  I for one give a "#$%@#$%".  With modifiable resources I can 
significantly modify the behaviour of programs that I don't have source
code for.  The LAYO resource in the Finder comes to mind.
	I figure resources are one of the niftyer ideas that the mac
folks came up with.

Dave Caswell
{allegra|ihnp4|...}!mhuxl!davec

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