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From: reese@pdnbah .uucp (Don Reese)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: new newsgroups
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Date: 19 May 88 13:24:22 GMT
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Reply-To: reese@pdnbah.UUCP (Don Reese)
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In article <5502@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (Mat Waites) writes:
>
>I feel like a good way of distributing software to the comp.sys.cbm crowd
>would be to vote on "standard" language development tools and then distribute
>sources. If the group can pick a C (power C) and an assembler to use, then
>the posting of binaries would be unnecessary.

I agree that a standard set of language development tools should be selected
for the distribution of sources (power C and super C are so different, has
anyone ported the small C from Dr. Dobbs?).  But both compilers have thier
limitations (I dislike 2 byte longs in power C 8^{ ).  But I strongly disagree
that the posting of binaries is unnecessary.  What about the poor smuck that
has the other C compiler?  Posting of binaries is a definit requirement, but
the creation of seperate newsgroups for each is totally unnecessary.

>
>The sizes of the sources are generally smaller than binaries (in C, anyway)
>and the copyright problems are greatly reduced.

Once again I have to disagree, the project that I am currenly working on has
over 700K of C sources (I don't comment very much either 8^} ) which compile
down into 240K executable.  True on small utilities that may not be true, but
on a product of any resonable scope this will probably not be true.

>
>I feel like the formation of a .source group should not be judged by the
>current traffic on the net. I think the group has remained small because
>of the lack of a standardized method for sharing software.

How right you are.  Even though I am a Unix and MS/DOS user normally, I still
read this newsgroup on a daily basis.  I don't tend to post articles directly
to newsgroups, preferring to normally send mail (cheaper) to the original
poster.  But just within the current area, I know of may Unix people with a
C=64 or C=128 sitting at home.  Many may not get to use thier machine as much
as before due to a loss of interest, but this newsgroup could help return
them to thier keyboards.  I am interested in doing some code under GEOS using
Power C once a way has been found to do so (But I don't currently have time
to research this now - New AT due in any day now).


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