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Hello

I wanted to go to the website of nxSoftware to see if there was a version of ComatPlus 4.60 for PB, but I can not find the site.
ComatePlus will no longer be followed?

You'll know when the rest of us find out:

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... =7&t=48945

malo wrote:ComatePlus will no longer be followed?

The great thing about ComatePlus is that it's made up of just normal PureBasic source files, rather than a closed-source lib, so it will always work, even if the author is no longer around to support it. I'm very grateful that srod made that decision; it's what all lib authors should really do. It's all well and good for them to say "I'll release the source if I lose interest", but as experience has shown with the mystery of srod's disappearance, and the sudden passing of Rook, such authors may never get the chance to release their sources. So, if you're a lib author reading this, please do us all a favor and release your sources sooner rather than later. Thank you.

If a programmer want to release his source code he will do it.
Asking for the source code of anything but a simple snippet or a very limited and specific portion of code is the rudest thing IMO.

That said, sure I would like everyone here to share his work exclusively in source form for many reasons, but I'll never ask for it.

I simply avoid to use any library posted here that isn't source.

So, binary libraries authors, do as you like and thanks for sharing, even if I'll never use one of your libs.

Luis, you're taking my request out of context and making it into something else. As I said in my post, I'm not talking to lib authors who will NEVER release their sources; but I'm talking specifically to lib authors who DO intend to release their sources when they lose interest in them. So I was asking such authors to release their sources sooner (now) rather than later (when they lose interest).

@machinecode

I'll take your word on that. Even after re-reading it I don't feel like I misunderstood you and I would write the exact same post again, so I'm not going to apologize.

Anyway asking someone to release his work now for you to feel safer and not when he planned to do so, if ever, it's not any better.

We have very different opinions, you clarified your point of view and we both expressed our feelings on the subject.

We can wrap this up if that's ok with you

Netmaestro thank you for the link I read with concern in the beginning.
I also hope that as many SROD is healthy and That I will return to this forum just do a quick hello.

I hope that Google will be able to make a good translation of my message on this delicate

In my opinion, libs are a useless feature, each time the 'Team' breaks PB syntax, the lib
has to be updated..

If the author is tired of this, you're out of luck, if he gets run over by a SUV, or squashed
by a Rhino having a bad hair day, you're out of luck.

Avoid libs.

utopiomania wrote:In my opinion, libs are a useless feature, each time the 'Team' breaks PB syntax, the lib
has to be updated..

If the author is tired of this, you're out of luck, if he gets run over by a SUV, or squashed
by a Rhino having a bad hair day, you're out of luck.

Avoid libs.

The same is true of static libraries done in any other language.
That's the nature of programming

As a PureBasic user you can download older PureBasic versions if you need to and incorporate the free static lib in a DLL.
DLLs can be used with any PureBasic version. (Just watch for out for 32 or 64 bit...)