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Public Code Repositories?

Posted by Cliff on from the preventing-wheel-reinvention dept.

dubious9 asks: "Today I was refactoring a parser of mine to use a better implementation of a string searching algorithm. I went to the internet trying to find a good code repository where I might have a chance to find an implementation of a good algorithm, but a cursory glance turned out no clear winners. SourceForge was the best that I could find. Where is the best online repository/library of common and reusable code snippets?" We've tackled this subject a once or twice over the years, is SourceForge really the best answer or are there other options?

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  1. Good idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We've tackled this subject a once or twice over the years...

    ... but just for the sake of completeness we decided to cover it again.

    1. Re:Good idea! by froseph · · Score: 2, Funny
      > We've tackled this subject a once or twice over the years...
      >... but just for the sake of completeness we decided to cover it again.

      At least they know its a repost :P

  2. We should make our own! by Webmonger · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can make our own source code repository. Yeah, that's it. We'll call it codesource.org, and we can use MySQL and PHP to run it. Anyone know where I can find some source code to get started? :-)

  3. Every algorithm ever written now under one roof by Spudley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where is the best online repository/library of common and reusable code snippets?

    The US Patent Office. :-/

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    (Spudley Strikes Again!)