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From: morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: What about a Windows binaries group?
Summary: YES! (with reservations)
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Date: 14 Feb 90 23:28:38 GMT
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hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) writes: 
>It seems to me that we could all benefit from a Windows binaries group - 
>perhaps comp.windows.ms.binaries? 
>
>What say the rest of you?

Fine - as long as it gest used...  
I know that there are several beginners reading this, myself included,
who would love to see some good programs come along, WITH COMMENTED SOURCE!

All too often in other groups I see binaries, without source, or under-
commented source that is 'way over my head.  

Many years ago I worked at a company and helped work on a highly complex 
real-time application in assembler on a Data General Nova 1200 (44 tasks
in < 50k !).  I learned more about real-time programming, queue management, 
dispatchers, etc. by reading well commented code than I've ever learned 
in a classroom, before or since.


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