Re: Emacs contributions, C and Lisp

[Eric S. Raymond]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden>:
>                 What the developers of LLVM are doing is foolish given
> that we already had GCC:

LLVM got off the ground because GCC, by policy, refused to provide
interfaces that some toolmakers wanted.  Consequently, those hackers
exercised their freedom by going around GCC rather than through it.

That may lead to an outcome you don't like, but they could with
precisely equal justification call *you* foolish for crippling GCC by
policy.

Generally, if you use the term "foolish" for people who are acting
intelligently to pursue their own objectives rather than yours, you
will mislead yourself and not affect them at all.
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>