Re: emacs & MAXPATHLEN

[David Kastrup]

Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 01:13:48PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 08:30:05AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> >> "Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:
>> >
>> >> >     Linux is not really a program in the usual sense.
>> >> >
>> >> > It is a program, in the usual sense of the word.
>> >> > You must have some unusual sense of the word in mind.
>> >> 
>> >> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system>
>> >> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program>
>> >
>> > Lets have a look:
>> >
>> >     Operating system
>> >     From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>> >
>> >     In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software
>> >     [...]
> [...]
>> > ... and here we go, it's a "computer program" (what a surprise) --
>> > your second link.  :)
>> 
>> According to your reference interpreting skills, GNU/Linux would
>> count as just "a computer program", too.
>
> Well, not one, many -- but anyway just "computer programs".
>
> Yes, that is exactly my point, I think Richard is right: 
> Linux is just a program "in the usual sense".

But I was talking about GNU/Linux.  It seems you don't even get the
difference we are talking about.

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