Re: [boost] codepad code longevity ?

Subject: Re: [boost] codepad code longevity ?
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-29 23:24:25

On 1/30/2010 12:00 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> We see more and more people post code using Codepad. Is that good?
>> In the Spirit list, we've had this discussion about longevity of
>> code posted to Codepad:
>>
>>      http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.parsers.spirit.general/18220
>>
>> I can't see any information regarding policy on how code is retained.
>> Is there? I've heard they say the post is valid for 24 hours. If that's
>> the case, then we should ban the use of codepad. People here, myself
>> included, need pasted code to be permanent for future reference.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> If one creates and uses account, it's possible to save
> code in codepad permanently.
> For as long as codepad service stays alive, of course.

And for as long as you have an account, which is not good enough.
Posts should be permanent.

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