> This sounds like an unsubstantiated argument Definitely. While you may not get the code you desire posted to this forum. Usually a quick Google search will come up with just about any Palm code example one could want. There are several Palm developers that regularly make code available on their websites. I think a case could be made that one would have a hard time prying specific code from this forum but not from the Palm web community in general.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Le Blanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Do you have any handy functions/libraries you would like to donate? > Jason Oakley a �crit : > > > It's interesting to see that Palm programmers prefer to protect their > > precious code and functions and generally not share anything with anyone so > > that every new Palm Programmer has to reinvent the wheel. > > This sounds like an unsubstantiated argument. It's not because you did not receive anything so far to fill your Web site that > people are protecting their code. I often posted questions here and received interesting code snippets. These snippets were > probably more helpful than general functions on a Web site because they were edited to provide me with the very information I > needed, with unnecessary details stripped. > > Publishing code requires formatting and documentation to be helpful. And the code must be useful outside of its original > context, which may require some generalization All this takes time. Time that can be better spent answering specific questions. > > > > -- > Luc Le Blanc > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
