Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: GNUPLOT PC Posting Message-ID: Date: 16 May 89 01:19:45 GMT References: <1426@naucse.UUCP> <13802@steinmetz.ge.com> <20677@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <20912@genrad.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University, Postdam NY Lines: 24 In-reply-to: jpn@genrad.uucp's message of 15 May 89 21:16:03 GMT In article <20912@genrad.UUCP> jpn@genrad.uucp (John P. Nelson) writes: The correct place for PC source code is comp.sources.misc: If you think that too few people will see it there, post an article to comp.sys.ibm.pc that points interested parties to it. If we had a higher volume of PC source code, we could create a new newsgroup for it - however, the volume is sufficiently low to suggest that the "misc" group should be used. The problem with the PC is that there is no standard for source code. On Unix, you can always assume that they have a C compiler. However, no such assumptions are possible for the PC. Even if you write a program in C, you have to target it to a specific compiler (at least, for non-trivial programs. And that assumes that they are willing to plunk for a C compiler. And that's why PC Magazine publishes their programs in two formats -- as .ASM source and as .BAS data statements. And that's why postings to c.b.i.p that come with source are usually distributed with executables in a .ARC file. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) I'm a right-to-lifer -- everyone has a right to earn a living sufficient to feed himself and his family.