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It doesn’t even take special talents to do! (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 11 months ago by bloup to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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Context: https://tess.oconnor.cx/2005/04/rms

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[-] corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works 64 points 11 months ago

i mean the mailing lists got it right, children are temporary emacs is forever

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 29 points 11 months ago

I'm sure Emacs can reproduce.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Yeah there’s an elisp file for that somewhere

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wait, I just realized that that exists. It's called a quine. I trust that the Founding Fathers of Emacs were genius enough to make it a quine.

[-] swab148@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

That's why they're the Founding Fathers

[-] SexualPolytope 7 points 11 months ago

The Founding Daddies, if you will.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Credited with writing the manuscripts of the GNU GPL, in its original, unamended form

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 59 points 11 months ago

It doesn’t take special talents to reproduce—even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That is really something to be proud of.

It helps more people, too.

LMAO

[-] seitanic 19 points 11 months ago

Where's the lie

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It's just a really weird thing to say

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 54 points 11 months ago

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Was that one of the ones from the Megan era?

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago

Akshully it's GNU/Emacs.

[-] homo_ignotus@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

No, it's GNU Emacs.

[-] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 21 points 11 months ago

In order to contribute a fix, you have to reproduce a bug.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 12 points 11 months ago

I assumed this meant reproducing the same functionality in a new editor instead of contributing to Emacs, the reality is so much better

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago

Sorry you had to go through having a baby...

[-] Kiernian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

corwin does both...

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

One of the rare absolute Ws for RMS

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