RE: Prototyped Procedures

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: RPower@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> If I'm debugging, I had better be able to see the source code of the
> modules I'm calling.
> 
> As a person creating a program with cutting edge technology, exactly
why
> would I want you to be able to see the source code?  For that matter
why
> would you want ot be debugging it?  That's what customer support is
for
> isn't it?

I don't understand this, Ron.  I see two primary development scenarios.

First, I'm developing in-house software (or software for sale, doesn't
matter) where I'm using an API someone else in the company wrote.  In
that case, I should always be able to see the source, at least in my
mind.

The other is when I buy someone else's product and they supply APIs.  I
suppose in that scenario I don't need to see their code (although
historically midrange applications have come with source).

Do you disagree in both cases?  I guess I can see your point even in
scenario one, but I wonder what other people think.  Me, I love to see
the source.  I like stepping through the JVM source to see what it's
doing.

Joe