3 Aug
2014
3 Aug
'14
10:48 p.m.
From: John Cowan <cowan(a)mercury.ccil.org>
because of all the Elisp code it ships with
So why is /usr/bin/emacs 4.5 megabytes?
That's basically just the kind of peeving that
objects to the use of
computers as calculators and spelling checkers.
I just gave several good reasons why large programs (well, technically,
systems) are bad. Are you saying those reasons are fallacious?
Noel
3 Aug
3 Aug
11:09 p.m.
New subject: Unix taste (Re: terminal - just for fun)
Noel Chiappa scripsit:
I just gave several good reasons why large programs
(well, technically,
systems) are bad. Are you saying those reasons are fallacious?
No, they are simply costs. Like all costs, the idea is not to eliminate
them tout court, but to decide whether they are worth paying for what
you get. Poverty can have a very high marginal cost.
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"Hacking is the true football." --F.W. Campbell (1863) in response to a
successful attempt to ban shin-kicking from soccer. Today, it's biting.
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