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Article #2113Re: Megaroids.prg (uuencoded)
From: davidsen
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1986 17:55
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1986 17:55
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Your point about posting to a source group is well taken. I would like to see
pc, atari, and amiga groups in net.source, for this reason. I would be just as
happy with mod.source.<those things>.
I have to disagree about the utility of binaries. I many cases these computers
do not come with the compilers, etc, needed to regenerate the binaries from
source. In other cases the source *is* proprietary, while the binary isn't.
This can involve use of a local or licensed library to perform interfacing,
etc. I would rather have something for nothing than nothing at all.
There is little reason to worry about a binary "trojan horse" on these
machines, since there are no "outside users" to get at information, and the
o/s manages to trash the file system often enough without help.
PS: I think the atari make a GREAT output terminal for color graphics on a
UNIX box, but I wouldn't buy a development system to compile source, since
that's not my intended use. Binaries are fine, they allow other use for my
graphics subsystem.
--
-bill davidsen
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