Re: clang/emacs/ecb/semantic

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Cc: Daniel Colascione <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  
> address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:21:09 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > More to the point, you seem to say that the line was drawn in the
> > wrong place in this matter.  But you never say why it was wrong, in
> > practical terms
> 
> The practical terms are in the subject of this thread, i.e. the fact
> that there is no GPL'ed compiler which can provide the parse data needed
> by a modern IDE.

And there wasn't a GPL'ed text editor that supported bidirectional
editing 2 years ago.  So what?  All it means that no one stepped
forward and did that in a way that was acceptable.  It certainly
doesn't mean the FSF should fall for the first opportunity out there,
just because there's no other solution.