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Sharing The Code Just Seems Like The Right Thing To Do. It Costs Us Rather Little, But It Benefits A Lot Of People In Sometimes Very Significant Ways. There Are Many University Research Projects, Proof Of Concept Publisher Demos, And New Platform Test Beds That Have Leveraged The Code. Free Software That People Value Adds Wealth To The World.

Programming Is Not A Zero-sum Game. Teaching Something To A Fellow Programmer Doesn't Take It Away From You. I'm Happy To Share What I Can, Because I'm In It For The Love Of Programming.

I Recognize That I Possess A Very Special Intellect, But At The Same Time, I Recognize That I'm Lacking In A Lot Of Areas. But Being Well-rounded Is Greatly Overrated.

The Situation Is So Much Better For Programmers Today - A Cheap Used Pc, A Linux Cd, And An Internet Account, And You Have All The Tools Necessary To Work Your Way To Any Level Of Programming Skill You Want To Shoot For.

Note To Self: Pasty-skinned Programmers Ought Not Stand In The Mojave Desert For Multiple Hours.