And by "type-in programs" in the message to which I am replying, I mean those
published in source code form.
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> On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Ryan Cunningham wrote:
>
> These type-in programs can actually generate quicker rises in popularity of
> the FSF and in total market share of GNU/Linux distributions as more and more
> people are introduced by such programs (or the experience of typing them) to
> the concept of free and open-source software. I mean, GNU/Linux's market
> share could potentially beat Microsoft Windows' (which is actually what the
> FSF hopes will happen, with "Upgrade from Windows 8").
>
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>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Ryan Cunningham wrote:
>>
>> I would also like the discussion on the GCC mailing list to end. The
>> discussion on /source/ code, however, should remain alive and well.
>>
>> Sorry for all the confusion.
>>
>> And by "type-in programs", I don't mean example programs like "Hello world"
>> programs. I mean real programs with real purpose.
>>
>> Programs written by freelance authors that program for a living, to
>> (hopefully) find a user base among even the newest of GNU/Linux users.
>>
>> One day we'll be able to type in programs like these that are encoded in
>> machine code. But that day is not now. For portability reasons, I'd prefer
>> source code for print publication.
>>
>> But, in case we ever reach that day, I won't modify my proposed GPL addendum
>> on this topic.
>>
>> This discussion is on a Bash mailing list, but for the same reason as above,
>> it could be possible that a type-in program is published in a source code
>> language, like C, that /compiles/ into machine language. In that case, it
>> would have to be typed into a text editor instead of a here-document (unless
>> your compiler supports reading input from here-documents).
>>
>> As I pointed out to Mr. Stallman, I'd like to encourage everyone who reads
>> these messages to spread the word about the idea.
>>
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>>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Ryan Cunningham wrote:
>>>
>>> No, no, not on the Internet---I mean in a paper magazine, which Internet
>>> users can also get.
>>>
>>> I'd like the machine code discussion to end.
>>>
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>>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Eduardo A. Bustamante López
>>> wrote:
>>>
> I am proposing this as a possible alternative or complement to publication
> on the Internet to take into account those without Internet access, though
> those *with* Internet access also get the benefit.
So you want to publish stuff on the Internet for people that don't have
access
to the Internet? Right.
This all sounds like a waste of time. Don't type machine code. Also, in the
remote case that people will type machine code into their terminal, what
does
heredocs have to do with that? Bash doesn't understand machine code.
