Gentle Reminder: hpprgm

[Han]

(04-05-2014 08:00 PM)Tugdual Wrote:  Tim, I have mixed feelings when I read your post. On one hand I think it is cool that you share this information. On the other hand I wonder if this is the right customer service. I mean did you wonder why some people would prefer to share hpprgm files rather than source code? You seem to assume that it is a mistake but are we missing a need? I don't have the answer myself but I would be tempted to wonder if there is a need for binaries rather than source code? Like developing a new market? Selling protected maths libs? Not saying that it is desirable, just wondering and wandering...

I think you misread his post. Tim is suggesting not naming a text file with an .hpprgm suffix if it is not in fact such a file. An analogy would be to ask folks to not use a .pdf extension if their file is not an actual pdf file (and is just plain text). I don't think Tim is suggesting that no one publish .hpprgm files. But if we do, at least ensure that it is in fact such type of file.