Chomsky [comrade/them]
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Cake day: July 26th, 2020
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1·6 years agoHe designed some of the software at the heart of open source software. Most notably GCC, which is a compiler for code. A compiler takes code from human readable form into a form usable by the computer. This is required by languages like C++, but not languages like python or JavaScript. He was also largely responsible for Emacs, which is the only piece of software a computer needs in addition to a browser. Although some computers, like mine, require proprietary software like Minecraft as well.
What did Richard Stallman do? I’m clearly out of the loop as I thought he was one of the good guys.
That’s a 50 dkp minus.