From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Ian Grant <ian.a.n.grant@googlemail.com>
Cc: lightning@gnu.org, guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU Thunder
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:50:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1XPA13-0002hD-Kp@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKFjmdzdkC5rW3DjBRbRueSiBs9dmJUSxGkPp2-6uc7SH9o79g@mail.gmail.com> (message from Ian Grant on Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:52:20 -0400)
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It's surprisingly hard to fundamentally change a program that big.
Most changes are fairly minor and leave the basic structure unchanged.
That hack recognized specific syntax. Any change in the wrong place
would break it.
So a trap door could look at the large-scale structure using
unification to do pattern matching, Then it would be able to adapt
automatically to many localised changes.
Who knows. It is an imponderable.
The reason I am not interested in focusing on this problem, which is
conceivable, is that (1) it seems unlikely and (2) we face other
problems that are just as bad and that are real for certain.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.
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2014-08-25 20:59 ` GNU Thunder Ian Grant
2014-08-25 22:56 ` Trusting trust Ludovic Courtès
[not found] ` <CAKFjmdxt4jWAHAYXjzwPeUw+dTUBTPC94YJDNifsO7JVkNHjTQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-31 0:20 ` GNU Thunder Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <E1XNssG-00083e-BB-iW7gFb+/I3LZHJUXO5efmti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 1:52 ` Ian Grant
2014-09-03 12:50 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
[not found] ` <E1XPA13-0002hD-Kp-iW7gFb+/I3LZHJUXO5efmti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 1:53 ` Ian Grant
[not found] ` <CAKFjmdyc0D5vYBK=rQKzKNK+WRmWhkkL-RXqBMSHvhOzX3fHiw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-05 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <E1XPifZ-0004g6-KA-iW7gFb+/I3LZHJUXO5efmti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-06 1:40 ` Ian Grant
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2014-09-06 8:32 ` William ML Leslie
[not found] ` <CAKFjmdzzRoTdzWxAOh2byRbWDtszWZtt8Z2k0eLCFYR+qmAC9g@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CAKFjmdzzRoTdzWxAOh2byRbWDtszWZtt8Z2k0eLCFYR+qmAC9g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-07 1:39 ` William ML Leslie
2014-09-07 13:18 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer
[not found] ` <87iokzefgv.fsf-uVHYNzLEwI3da1iInxiBqA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-09 1:00 ` Ian Grant
2014-09-06 15:09 ` GNU Thunder [Comments on Subversins from Ian Grant and Richard Stallman of GNU] Dr. Roger R. Schell
2014-09-06 17:49 ` GNU Thunder Ian Grant
2014-08-24 0:42 Ian Grant
2014-08-24 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-24 5:13 ` Mike Gerwitz
2014-08-25 20:23 ` Ian Grant
2014-08-27 2:20 ` Stefan Monnier
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