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From: jesse@proxftl.UUCP (Jesse Perry)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Is there a "getopt" for PCs?
Summary: Some people take offense at anything
Message-ID: <777@proxftl.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 88 15:05:56 GMT
References: <998@leah.Albany.Edu> <2300007@cpe>
Organization: Proximity Technology, Ft. Lauderdale
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In article <2300007@cpe>, tif@cpe.UUCP writes:
>
> Written  6:52 am  Sep 13, 1988 by clyde.UUCP!feg in cpe:comp.sources.w
> >|> I need `getopt' functionality for my C programs running on a PC. I know
> >|> all about how msdos deals with command lines, so don't go into it. I
> >|> just want a ftp-able copy of source code to do getopt. I usually skip
> >|> this group, so please mail directly to me at
> >|>
> >|> rob@asrcmv.albany.edu
> >
> >Yeah, I know, we ain't worth much of your time.  Why should we
> >waste any more of it?
> >    Forrest Gehrke
>
> I have many times thought about flaming that sort of posting,
> thank you for doing a mild version of it for me.  You have my support.
>
>                       Paul Chamberlain

Let's see now, the original poster made a simple request for getopt()
source code, and *in line with proper Usenet protocol* asked that
responses be mailed to him, not posted.  But because he admitted that
he doesn't ordinarily read this group (i.e., he only comes here when
he has a problem to solve), at least two people were sufficiently
offended that they posted nasty responses.

Don't ever take a job in a library, guys, because you'll find that
many of the people who go to one only do so when they have to find
some piece of information which they don't know how to find elsewhere.
That *does not* mean that they deserve abuse for having the temerity
to seek help.

And before you post to say that people who won't contribute to a group
shouldn't expect benefits from it, consider that a person who doesn't
know much about where to find various sources is *for that reason*
unlikely to be able to contribute to this group by reading it regularly.
Does that mean such a person should not ask for help here?  Of course
not; the whole purpose of this group is to help such people find what
they need.

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