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It doesn’t even take special talents to do! (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 10 months ago by bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 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 49 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure Emacs can reproduce.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah there’s an elisp file for that somewhere

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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 10 months ago (2 children)

That's why they're the Founding Fathers

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago

The Founding Daddies, if you will.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where's the lie

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

It's just a really weird thing to say

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Was that one of the ones from the Megan era?

[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 21 points 10 months ago

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

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Akshully it's GNU/Emacs.

[–] homo_ignotus@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

No, it's GNU Emacs.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago

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

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 5 points 10 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

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

One of the rare absolute Ws for RMS

[–] Kiernian@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

corwin does both...