Re: [tlug] Re: Gentoo ebuild for XEmacs-21.5

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 17/03/2008, SL Baur <steve@example.com> wrote:

> Make no mistake, Richard M. Stallman is a brilliant software architect.

I've not ever made that mistake.

>  As to actually writing code, he is useless

I'll qualify that a bit:

"As to actually writing maintainable code, he is useless..."

I give him massive amounts of credit for creating an Open Source
userland with which the Linux kernel could be mated. Though he'd hate
the use of "Open Source" as opposed to "Free Software" in the previous
sentence.

Currently, I think he's doing more harm than good. But I am One Man,
and I have not Done Shit in The Great Scheme of Things, so by my own
naming scheme, I am a Jackass Who Should Shut The Fuck Up (JWSSTFU).

>  And yes, he declared war against me, and capitulated against the Heisei
>  Emperor, all in the name of beating XEmacs.

That sounds hilarious, but I guess it was less so at the time.

>  XEmacs 20.0 was the first released emacsen with Asian language support

おめでとう and 有難う！

>  and it shall always be the first until someone rewrites history.

I love the use of "until" and not "unless" there. St. Patrick's Day is
all about exhibiting the good ol' Irish pessimism! ;)

>  Sigh.  I'd love to discuss this with you all at a technical meeting and then
>  the usual Izakaya.  Somebody bring me back to Japan.  Please ...

Where are you currently? I think we were speculating Somewhere In The
South Pacific last time we were reminiscing about The Good Old Days of
TLUG.

-- 
Cheers,
Josh