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From: chaim@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (chaim.m.ackerman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Programs relying on app-defaults files (was: Re: xclipboard bug?)
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Date: 24 May 89 15:19:13 GMT
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It's an apparantly unpopular stand, but in defense of app-defaults...

app-defaults files are good for "isolating" server dependent code.
Ideally, the executable should just contain the "logic"
If the application is very simple or portable across all servers or
your application users are X literate, then you probably don't need
the app-defaults.

To go further out on a limb:
app-defaults separate "programming illustrations" from "program products".

Chaim Ackerman