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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch


From: Stephen J. Turnbull
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:21:35 +0900
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>>>>> "Miles" == Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

    >> 2) pollute the code

    Miles> Your personal taste (and not shared by many, AFAICS).

    Miles> There's nothing wrong with this, of course, but it _is_ a
    Miles> personal thing, so it's not usually a very persuasive
    Miles> argument.

    >> 3) annoy your and my eyes with metadata

    Miles> Your personal taste (and not shared by many, AFAICS).

rms has a reputation for removing certain kinds of metadata, and
religio-legal reasons for including others.

    Miles> `The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human
    Miles> settlement'

How apropos.  Like tagline, it just won't go away, because many people
prefer it.  :-)

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