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    It doesn’t even take special talents to do! (lemmy.sdf.org)
    submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

    I'm sure Emacs can reproduce.

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

    Yeah there’s an elisp file for that somewhere

    [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's why they're the Founding Fathers

    [–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

    The Founding Daddies, if you will.

    [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

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

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

    Where's the lie

    [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

    It's just a really weird thing to say

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

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

    Was that one of the ones from the Megan era?

    [–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

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

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

    Akshully it's GNU/Emacs.

    [–] homo_ignotus@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

    No, it's GNU Emacs.

    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

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

    [–] smeg@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year 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 11 months ago

    One of the rare absolute Ws for RMS

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

    corwin does both...