Posters to net.sources, PLEASE say what your programs do
Brad Templeton
bstempleton at watmath.UUCP
Sun Aug 3 07:47:11 AEST 1986
How can I communicate this message to posters in net.sources:
When you post to net.sources, please include a one-page
description of the program as the first thing in the file.
It seems that well over half the postings in net.sources are like this:
Subject: foo - part 1
#
# Here is foo - enjoy!
#
cat <<FOO >foo.c
/*
* foo
*/
main(argc,argv) ..........
...........
Or they start with the makefile, or a header, or at best troff source
for the man page. I hate having to read through the whole article
at 1200 baud to see what it is about.
So, at the start of a net.sources article, please always place a page that
says:
1) What the program does
2) Who it is for
3) What machines & systems it should run under
And try and get as much as possible in the subject line.
--
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont. (519) 884-7473
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