It doesn’t even take special talents to do!

Context: https://tess.oconnor.cx/2005/04/rms

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corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works · 65 pts · 2y (6 replies)
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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I'm sure Emacs can reproduce.

kautau@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Yeah there’s an elisp file for that somewhere

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That's why they're the Founding Fathers

SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 2y

The Founding Daddies, if you will.

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

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

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 60 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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 · 19 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Where's the lie

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

It's just a really weird thing to say

milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 55 pts · 2y (1 reply)

mkwt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Was that one of the ones from the Megan era?

GreenMario@lemm.ee · 22 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Akshully it's GNU/Emacs.

homo_ignotus@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y

No, it's GNU Emacs.

Andrew15_5@mander.xyz · 22 pts · 2y

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

smeg@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 2y
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mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2y

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

Kiernian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

corwin does both...

alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y

One of the rare absolute Ws for RMS