Even though it would take longer time, I suggest for the file archivers to manually screen programs for useless content. I am so sick of programs that do nothing but say "Hello I am Bob."

I've never seen one of those. What was it called?

Yeah, I have been looking for that program. :)

Or: "This is my first asm program, it only displays 'q', but soon I will be on to better things!!!" Who cares? We don't need to know. Another one I hated was when someone took the entire asmguru tic-tac-toe code and labeled it as their own. I have serious doubts that a program with such an optimized alogorithim is someone's first, but I could be wrong...

That's whywe have the report inappropriate file form...feel free to use it.

Is that kind of program considered inappropriate by the site policies? It seems to not be directly mentioned in the policies.

A program that just displays "q" is in my mind worth deleting. Ether way it doesn;t really matter, if you think it either against site policies and or is absolutely without a doubt completely and utterly useless, then fill out the form saying it is crap and I will take a took at it.

Just be warned that it has to be around the quality as previously mentioned to be removed.

And if anyone sees anymore of these fake garbage collecting programs around, please tell me I love deleting those thingies...actually anything "fake." :-)

Actually, I think he was referring to "stealing" the other person's code and labeling it as their own...is that explicitly against the policies?

Yes, but please send in a link to the file it is staeling it's code from, and it also has to be a BIG chunk of code too, nothing like a small routine or something.

What if it mentions the author of the file they're stealing code from in "Special Thanks"?

LOL!

"Special thanks to:
[insert good programmer here] for writing this program!
And the guy who invented cut and paste!"

What are you guys talking about?! I LOVE that "q" program! I use it whenever I want to print a "q" on my calculator! (j/k) :-P

If we could break down folders such as "Games", or "Math" into smaller files, it would make life so much easer! We would still have the crap, but it would be right next to other programs like it that might be better. Rejecting programs is NOT the answer! Beginning programmers might not have the most original programs, but they need the exposure! This is what allows young programmers to flourish into the great programmers of the future! How many programmers out there have not made a "Hello World" program? Very few. Give young programmers a chance! Also, options are great. Maybe I don't want a program that can do the quadratic equation AND wipe my butt, because it takes up too much memory. We need the options! Keep the junk, but break it down so we can find alternatives and give young programmers a chance!

I agree, we need to subcatagorize the files but we need to do it with ratings AND deletion. Once those early programmers mature and get better at programming then we can get rid of their useless old crap. Better yet, the authors can have an option to delete their own junk without having to go through all this stuff. If they don't, then there's one of my posts above this that describes deletion procedures.

The problem with that is young programmers will get discouraged. Don't reject the younger generation of programmers as you once were. Something great might one day come out of a young kid who was spured on by the fact that he or she got something on the internet. I do agree with the need for a ratings system. And one with more than, "Good", "Bad", or "Worse." We need a ratings system with great detail that can be analyzed instantly. And not just one person should decide if a program sucks or not. The greater sample size the better.

no it would have been
"The Good... The Bad... The Ugly..."

The idea of the author deleting its own junk is very good I think it would be cool if you could manage any file that has been already accepted and uploaded as you wish

The concept of deleting your own files is already implemented...

just e-mail filearchive@ticalc.org

Or you could just complain that your own file is innapropraite.

Lol. That's a good idea.

Deleting pointless progs won't necesarily discourage beginning programmers. I've written "hello world" progs myself when I was starting, BUT I DIDN'T UPLOAD THEM!!! Beginning programmers need to create "test progs" like that, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T UPLOAD THEM TO THE ARCHIVES, BECAUSE THEY'RE NO USE TO ANYONE ELSE!!!!

Yep. I've written a lot of useful programs, but I've never uploaded them. 'Course, many people have different definitions of "useful".

>How many programmers out there have not made a "Hello World" program?

None, evidentally. Click the link.

What? Rusty himself uploaded a Hello World program? THIS GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING I THOUGHT HE BELIEVED IN!!!

To be fair, it WAS in 1998...

wow, thats like the stone age. That was when hello world was all they could do. ;)