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Joel J. Adamson

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From: jadam...@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)

Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:10:30 -0500

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Subject: Re: Wraith Scheme 1.30 released (for Macintosh); does parallel processing

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Abdulaziz Ghuloum <aghul...@cee.ess.dot.indiana.dot.edu> writes:
> Jay Reynolds Freeman wrote:

>> (1) I haven't released source code for the program. (I have been
>> thinking about open-sourcing it, but it's kind of like letting
>> someone into your kitchen to watch you cook, and I'm kind of
>> nervous.)

> It is like letting someone into your kitchen. If you enjoy cooking,
> you'll have good time. You'll chat about food. They may suggest some
> spices. They will taste your food while it's cooking and you can tell
> if they puke. ;) Far more satisfying than cooking by yourself and
> putting the food on the table.

@JRF: I'll add that my initial reaction to your above sentiment was
"...then what good is it?" Although I agree with your sentiment, since
I'm working on my own projects that I want to take pretty far before
releasing; however, you could be turning off a lot of people that might
be able to really help you out.

No source code access really limits my ability to track down the key
information I need to understand what's going on with any piece of
software. This is one of the reasons I love Unix: if I'm confused about
something, it's usually a shell-script that I can look directly at, or
the source code is available online.

You're also putting all the responsibility for dealing with bug reports
on yourself ;) But of course, let's see how I feel after I put myself
in your shoes :P

Joel

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