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VAX/L&T SIG Tape Reviews: VAX90B - FAUCONNET

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From: Ted Nieland
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 02:38
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Tape:		VAX90B
Section:	[.FAUCONNET] 
Reviewer:	Jeffrey Jalbert

This is a small contribution from DECUS France members to the Fall '90 tape.

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[.VMSTAR]

Contains a VMS tar reader/writer, based on the VMS2TAR and TAR2VMS programs.

Installation:		5
Documentation:		5
Intended Audience:	Whomever needs to read/write UN*X tar files
Ease of use:		5
Usefullness:		5
Sources Included:	Yes, C
CLD  included:		n/a, define symbol to use a foreign command
Help included:		Yes
Objects supplied:	Yes, as well as a linker options file


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[.PLOT_PS]

Contains a library of C routines designed to build PostScript files from C
programs.


Installation:		5
Documentation:		5 (in TeX and Postscript)
Intended Audience:	Graphics programmers
Ease of use:		4
Usefullness:		4
Sources Included:	Yes, C.  This is a plotting subroutine library
CLD  included:		n/a
Help included:		n/a
Objects supplied:	Yes, in an object library

Note that this revierwer did not compose a program using these routines.  The
functionality was reviewed as well as the documentation.  Based on past
experience these routines would be useful to persons attempting to produce
postscript graphics from programs which are designed to plot on traditional
plotters.
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