thomas@falcon.bcm.tmc.edu (03/31/89)
May i suggest that actual code (unless a short fragment) not be posted; rather, a description of its function and the author's email address, so those really wanting it can request it?
new@udel.EDU (Darren New) (03/31/89)
In article <1473@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> thomas@falcon.bcm.tmc.edu () writes: >May i suggest that actual code (unless a short fragment) not be >posted; rather, a description of its function and the author's email >address, so those really wanting it can request it? I would rather have it posted. The problems with getting EMail to any particular site from any other are ledgendary. Rather than having 40 people say "I would really like that, but my mail to you bounces", I would rather have it come through the news group. The `n' key is always available. - Darren
pieter@prls.UUCP (Pieter van der Meulen) (04/01/89)
In article <11904@louie.udel.EDU> new@udel.EDU (Darren New) writes: >In article <1473@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> thomas@falcon.bcm.tmc.edu () writes: >>May i suggest that actual code (unless a short fragment) not be >>posted; rather, a description of its function and the author's email >>address, so those really wanting it can request it? > >I would rather have it posted. The problems with getting EMail >to any particular site from any other are ledgendary. ........ I admit I have posted code in this newsgroup, and I also have put notes up with a description of the software and my EMail address (long time ago though), but did not get many responses.. Now I was about to post another Smalltalk-80 Goodie (a BinaryChoice and FillInTheBlank with a time-out mechnism), but should I do it? You can consider this also as a note, and can EMail me your requests. And, of course, if you can't reach me via EMail, you can always respond to it in this newsgroup :-) Pieter. -- --------------------------------------------- P.S. van der Meulen, MS 02 prls!pieter PRLS, Signetics div. of NAPC ----------- 811 E.Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3409
voss@s.cs.uiuc.edu (04/01/89)
>>May i suggest that actual code (unless a short fragment) not be >>posted; rather, a description of its function and the author's email >>address, so those really wanting it can request it? >I would rather have it posted. I definitely 2nd the motion. Unless the code is more than about 10 pages POST IT. (If you can't post it anonymous FTP is also OK for me.) >The `n' key is always available. definitely.
obrien@anpiel.aero.org (Mike O'Brien) (04/03/89)
In article <20591@prls.UUCP> pieter@prls.UUCP (Pieter van der Meulen) writes: > >Now I was about to post another Smalltalk-80 Goodie (a BinaryChoice and >FillInTheBlank with a time-out mechnism), but should I do it? I'm rather surprised to see this discussion, really. As far as I'm concerned, the answer is: Yes, absolutely, post any source you want to. As long as it's not proprietary to anyone, post little things, huge things (batched in several messages), whatever. This group is here to help people, and goodies are some of the best help you can get. If (oh happy day!) source begins to clog up the newsgroup too much, then we stump for the creation of "comp.lang.smalltalk.sources", shove all the source in there (moderated, probably), and go on with discussions as usual right here. Personally, I don't think there's too MUCH source here, I think there's too LITTLE. -- Mike O'Brien obrien@aerospace.aero.org {sdcrdcf,trwrb}!aero!obrien
uucigj@sw1e.UUCP (3531]) (04/04/89)
I too would like to see a bit of source. I am new to smalltalk (just getting into smalltak/V 286), and I would like to see as many examples as possible. There are not very many places where I can receive information about smalltalk, this being one of the main ones. This is a wonderful resource for information and to not allow source code to be posted would seem very detrimental to this group.