[Tutor] Sharing Code Snippets

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

> Subject: [Tutor] Sharing Code Snippets
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am not sure if this has been shared on this list. However, to help
> both those seeking help and those wanting to help, may I suggest that
> for all of you posting your programs, how about using a service such
> as GitHub's Gists [1]. It allows you to post entire programs with
> advantages such as intact code formatting, syntax highlighting and
> perhaps others such as version control.
> 
> I hope that's a useful suggestion.
> 
> [1] https://gist.github.com/

Hi,
 
Is this better than e.g. http://www.pastebin.com/? I wouldn't like it if the emails contain *only* links to such sites.
That way the information is lost forever if github decides to remove the code. Often these sites have expiration
dates for their contents.

Albert-Jan