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From: ranjit@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Ranjit Bhatnagar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Posting small programs to c.s.amiga
Summary: Son of Hopalong - Coming Soon
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Date: 5 Sep 88 10:55:10 GMT
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A few days ago I posted to the net the source to the 
"hopalong" program, a short and cute math toy, ignoring the
traditional route of comp.binaries and comp.sources.  The
response was favorable - I got about 15 requests for binaries,
and NO complaints.  And I'd like to do it again.  But I feel
guilty about it - nobody ELSE posts their small, cute programs
to c.s.amiga.  And after all, that's what the binary group is
for (although I haven't seen anything new there for about a month).

One thing I would very much like to see on c.s.amiga is more code-
both short examples of interesting techniques, and entire small
programs that do cute things.  The net is the perfect place to
show off your latest display hack - unless it becomes too expensive.
I believe that as long as people show reasonable restraint, c.s.amiga
is an appropriate place to post short (less than 15K) binaries and
sources, while the binaries and sources groups are appropriate for
longer, more polished programs.  I would like to see discussions
on this matter.

Now, though I feel guilty about it, I don't feel THAT guilty -
so my next post will be the source code to my translation - and a
very nice one, if I may say so - of the ROSES program recently posted
to comp.graphics.  However, I'm going to restrict the distribution
to North America.  If you're outside of the na region and just HAVE
to have a copy of this thing, please send me mail.  And if there's
anyone out there who thinks I'm abusing c.s.amiga, please speak up!

	- Ranjit




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