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Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el |
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Sat, 07 Feb 2015 12:53:27 +0100 |
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Helmut Eller <address@hidden> writes:
> On Sat, Feb 07 2015, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> If you want to argue evolutionary biology, it makes no sense to muddle
>> together all niches. Humans don't need to compete with polar bears and
>> penguins.
>
> GCC and LLVM are obviously competitors.
>
>> The GPL and the GNU project is the stronghold of software freedom. But
>> we are not going to do software freedom a favor by raiding and burning
>> down ourselves every fair happening outside of the protection of our
>> castle walls. Our concern has to be to keep the state inside of the
>> castle walls both secure and welcoming.
>
> Inviting trojan horses into the GNU castle is probably not going to
> help GCC.
We are not talking about letting the enemies of free software in but
rather those who don't shoot the enemies at sight.
> Well, maybe in some indirect way because then GCC has to improve to
> stay competitive.
Improving GCC is a worthwhile goal anyway. Making it worse in the hope
that it will make other people suffer more than us is a suicidal
strategy in the long run.
--
David Kastrup
- Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Andrew L. Moore, 2015/02/05
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, David Kastrup, 2015/02/05
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/05
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/06
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, David Kastrup, 2015/02/06
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/06
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/06
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Helmut Eller, 2015/02/07
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, David Kastrup, 2015/02/07
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Helmut Eller, 2015/02/07
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/08
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2015/02/08
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/15
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2015/02/16
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/16
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, David Kastrup, 2015/02/09
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/09
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Richard Stallman, 2015/02/09
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, David Kastrup, 2015/02/09
- Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el, Stefan Monnier, 2015/02/09