Re: Discussion about why GNU/Linux system upgrades cause old programs to break
Richard Stallman <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:43:00 -0400
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[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > Emacs was using K&R for many years, and wasn't "broken" in any sense > > of that word. > Then, Emacs would be the first program I've ever seen that wasn't broken > in some regard ;-) I think your definition of "broken" is different from mine, and maybe from Eli's. To insist on our current definitions is to reject communication. To reach a common understanding, we need to figure out how these definitions differ and how they relate. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)