arnold2@rose.berkeley.edu (The Joker) (11/23/86)
- SOURCE? - SOURCE? - SOURCE? - SOURCE? - SOURCE? - SOURCE? - could someone send me complete portable c source code modules to utilities such as linked list routines (b-trees, avl trees, add_node()/delete_node...), perhaps a window package (something equivalent to OSSI, only in C, not Pascal), interprocess communication routines, terminal emulation, perhaps a memory manager? i just discovered the network news; lately i have been thinking that i am spending an enormous amount of time writing code that already exists. portabile object-oriented code is preferred as much as possible. if anyone would like to swap code, please let me know. -mchawi
guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) (11/26/86)
In article <1753@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> arnold2@rose.berkeley.edu.UUCP (The Joker) writes: >i just discovered the network news; lately i have been thinking that >i am spending an enormous amount of time writing code that already exists. If you read the net news somewhat longer, you'll discover that very little of this kind comes along. Sure, it's all been written a thousand times; but always with one particular goal in mind, so you won't be able to reuse it easily in your own programs. Posted programs are usually hyper-specific, e.g., plot the USENET map. And now for some positive criticism: Hint 1: Learn when to type capital letters. Hint 2: Don't align your right margins. It doesn't look right when your words are all two spaces apart. Hint 3: Use your real name when posting to the net. Hint 4: Writing the code is usually trivial, once you master the technique. Read any good textbook on the of algorithms you need, and you'll beat anything you can get for free hands down. Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <guido@mcvax.uucp>