Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!guido From: guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) Newsgroups: net.sources,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: c source code utilities wanted Message-ID: <7169@boring.mcvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Nov-86 16:59:12 EST Article-I.D.: boring.7169 Posted: Tue Nov 25 16:59:12 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Nov-86 03:49:15 EST References: <1753@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: guido@mcvax.uucp (Guido van Rossum) Distribution: net Organization: "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 22 Xref: mnetor net.sources:3549 comp.sources.wanted:74 In article <1753@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> arnold2@rose.berkeley.edu.UUCP (The Joker) writes: >i just discovered the network news; lately i have been thinking that >i am spending an enormous amount of time writing code that already exists. If you read the net news somewhat longer, you'll discover that very little of this kind comes along. Sure, it's all been written a thousand times; but always with one particular goal in mind, so you won't be able to reuse it easily in your own programs. Posted programs are usually hyper-specific, e.g., plot the USENET map. And now for some positive criticism: Hint 1: Learn when to type capital letters. Hint 2: Don't align your right margins. It doesn't look right when your words are all two spaces apart. Hint 3: Use your real name when posting to the net. Hint 4: Writing the code is usually trivial, once you master the technique. Read any good textbook on the of algorithms you need, and you'll beat anything you can get for free hands down. Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam