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From: rdh@sun.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: minix - is this a sensible thought ?
Message-ID: <13343@sun.uucp>
Date: Sun, 15-Feb-87 04:19:58 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 15 04:19:58 1987
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Reply-To: rdh@sun.UUCP (Robert Hartman)
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In article <402@ttidca.UUCP> svirsky@ttidcc.UUCP (William Svirsky) writes:
> ...  When
>I say compress, by the way, I mean that the compressed source would
>still be readable as-is by the compiler.  It just may not be readable
>to the programmer's eyes.  Would the savings be worth the trouble?

I don't think the savings would be worth the trouble.  Much of the value
of posting sources is the ability of the programmer to read them.  Even
if I decide not to use a posted program, I can still learn from it.
There's no sense having to go through 5 or 6 format conversions, only
to decide that I think the code's spagetti.  

Let's post sources that we can all read, if only for the educational value.

-bob.