Re: A Call to Arms!

[glyn@gsb001.cs.ualberta.ca (G. Devin Reade)]

In article <CLu7J3.2zJ@mail.on-line.co.uk>, Richard King writes...

[Interesting blurb on user's keeping up improvements to the system deleted.]

> The main purpose would be to avoid duplication of effort, and the method
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> would be to set up and adhere to a number of conventions, concerning the
> form and function of additions and extensions to the system. 

This aspect was the intent behind my Software Development Summary (posted
to comp.sys.apple2.programmer).  However, there does not seem to be much
interest in it; I _know_ that there are more people working on programs
than have made submissions.  Assuming it is updated monthly, is this a
useful idea?

On the main subject of extending the system:  It sounds good, but we would
have our work cut out for us ... I think that most people doing this as a
want to program, not plan.  Self-defeating, I know, but likely.

Any concrete suggestions about how something like this could work?

> For example, we have the Toolkit: it has a lot of very useful stuff in
> it, but there are some tools which are 'missing' - a three-dimensional
> extension to QuickDraw springs to mind,

Someone (Dave Tribby?) wrote a beta version of Arc3DLib.  It's not
exactly a Tool, but the code is there.  This stuff is _fast_.

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