Re: Use Emacs as the IDE for Wolfram Mathematica.

[TRS-80 <lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name>]

On 2021-05-23 09:23, Christopher Dimech wrote:

>> * Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-23 15:58]:
>> 
>> > Rather one should realise that the way forward is in not using
>> > Wolfram Mathematica in the first place.
>> 
>> [...]

> Legally, there are no problems for Emacs to be used as an IDE to
> proprietary languages.  But their decision to make and use
> proprietary software is a decision to stay out of our community.
> Being in our community means joining in cooperation with us; we
> cannot “bring them into our community” if they don't want to join.
> 
> Proprietary software does not contribute to our community, but its
> users and developers often want handouts from us.

Hear, hear!

No aid and comfort for the enemy (the "enemy" being proprietary
software).  But you put it more nicely than me.  :)

Personally I think there is far too much attention / mind share paid
towards proprietary software.  Maybe not on this list, nor within the
GNU Project itself (the last bastion), but in general in F/LOSS (well
especially in more "Open Source"[0] circles).  Why give them free
advertising (in addition to the millions $$ some of them have
available to them, and other resources)?

Cheers,
TRS-80

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html