We discussed this at NYCJUG a few months ago and I believe the consensus was that comment-stripping was a project manager option, though I don't know this for certain as I'm not familiar with it.
I think there was also wide agreement that it would be helpful to leave in comments. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Nikitin <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the big benefit of distributing parts of standard library in > mutilated form -- with comments stripped off and files merged together into > one? > > Maybe in the early nineties it made sense from resource saving standpoint, > nowadays, I believe, it is more harm than good. > > My major complain is about plot -- because this is the part I want to > modify most often. But other library files bear "NB. built from project: > ~Source/classes/..." mark too. > > My suggestion is to to include those parts of library, that are currently > in the "compressed" form, in their natural form. I understand that this may > reqiure effort. For example, I downloaded plot source, but I failed to > install it in a way that it would run from its source form, the PM's > "compile" process is currently somehow needed for it to run. But I believe > that it is a right thing to do and will simplify things in the long run. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
