Re: emacs & MAXPATHLEN

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 8/4/05, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:

> > Yes, that is exactly my point, I think Richard is right:
> > Linux is just a program "in the usual sense".
> 
> But I was talking about GNU/Linux.  It seems you don't even get the
> difference we are talking about.

[jumping in]

Perhaps in a parallel universe you were talking about GNU/Linux. In
this universe, you said:

> Linux is not really a program in the usual sense.

Richard retorted:

> It is a program, in the usual sense of the word.
> You must have some unusual sense of the word in mind.

And you countered:

> Looks more like a collection of services to me, somewhat like a library. 

So definitely you were talking (or at least, you were *writing*) about
Linux, not GNU/Linux. I cannot even begin to imagine how could you
define GNU/Linux as "a collection of services", or worse, "like a
library".

God knows I don't have the slightest intention of stopping this little
flamewar, but to my eyes, and I think most programmers', Linux is of
course a program "in the usual sense" even if it is an operating
system kernel too (both things not being mutually exclusive, of
course)...

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