paleface

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1. 31.▲
   by paleface 3y ago

   Do the ARM, POWER/PowerPC, MIPS, or RISC-V architectures, also count, to this mystical, and seemingly gate kept definition, of the “Linux Desktop”? Because when you write about about hardware manufacturers, and software vendors, “suppo
2. 32.▲
   by paleface 3y ago

   I think parent may be more implying “living off the land” situations. Awk is ubiquitous, and part of the POSIX standard. Micro Python, not so much. I’m a big fan of Forth, but it’s not available everywhere. One has to adapt.
3. 33.▲
   by paleface 3y ago

   Small, embedded, busybox systems - per the parent comment.
4. 34.▲
   by paleface 3y ago

   I agree entirely! For many python users, it’s the only language they know. Often, they see programming in python, as part of their “identity” - so they’re overly invested in it, to the detriment of other wonderful languages, like awk. I use