[Tutor] Sharing Code Snippets

[Amit Saha]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 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.

GitHub's Gists doesn't have an expiration date, since its primary
purpose is not a paste bin. But yes, I understand that if GitHub
decides to remove this service some day, the code is lost.

-Amit.



>
> Albert-Jan



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