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> Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. —Zawinski's Law of Sof
by jhoechtl 1y ago
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Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
—Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment
Its THE Zawinski of XEmacs so maybe not the best example.
- fellowniusmonk 1y agoEmacs has it right though, more right than wrong, they just, as a community, hate humans. Data and data collections should have app-tributes, apps shouldn't have data. The problem with most operating systems is that they need to model space time and minds as first class but they don't. I've been using my own personal OS for years now that I call imtropy, once your abstraction maps to reality everything becomes easier to reason about. The simple fact is most people and programmers are stuck in logic and rationality when they should think a layer deeper, coherence is all that matters.
- zzo38computer 1y agoDo you have some more details about those things?
- throwaway328 1y agoYes, including about Emacs users "hating humans". I use Emacs, and I'm very fond of humans. Plus my reading of the Emacs community is that there's loads of interesting and respectful people. Where's the hating humans bit?