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From: jas@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Jeffrey A. Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Source code library idea!
Message-ID: <1148@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>
Date: 30 Apr 88 19:38:12 GMT
References: <730024@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.
Lines: 37
Summary: Great idea!!!  Let's do it!

In article <730024@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
> I have been hacking away on my SE HD20 since June, exclusively in Lightspeed C.  
> My main goal was to learn *how to* program the Mac to do all sorts of stuff,
> rather than to implement one particular pet application.
> 
> As a result, I now have quite a stockpile of well-commented (I *like* comments! :-) )
> LSC source code.  Most of it I *didn't* originate.  Instead, I found source code
> from all over the place and either ported it from another dialect of C or else ported 
> it from Pascal, or else just added comments to it.  A lot of it is from MacTutor.  
> I also have copies of all the TransSkel stuff.
> 
> Is anyone interested in starting a source code library?  I.e., an anonymous-ftp'able
> machine which *only* has BinHexed StuffIted source code examples....  I could set up
> one on my machine, but I don't want to be redundant.  Does one already exist?

I love this idea!  just a place for source!  The problem with SUMEX is that
you have to wade through stuff to find the smidgens of source in it.  An ftp
site with just source code would be a godsend!  Let's get on this!

As far as posting source listed in a magazine, I don't think you can get sued
unless you sell it, provided you list the copyright notices in the source code.
(However, I'm no lwayer, so take it with a grain of saltpeter).

The biggest drawback for learning to program the mac is the relative lack of 
source examples in the relevant languages.  You see, I don't know
pascal, and although it is fairly easy to xlate to C, it is more of a
bother
than I normally  have time to do.

Anyway, even if this ftp site never get set up, I'd appreciate looking
at the code you've got.



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Jeffrey Sullivan			  | University of Pittsburgh
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