Re: emacs & MAXPATHLEN

[David Kastrup]

Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 08:30:05AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> "Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> >     Linux is not really a program in the usual sense.
>> >
>> > It is a program, in the usual sense of the word.
>> > You must have some unusual sense of the word in mind.
>> 
>> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system>
>> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program>
>
> Lets have a look:
>
>     Operating system
>     From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>
>     In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software
>     [...]
>
> ... well ...
>
>     System software
>     From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>
>     System software is a generic term referring to any computer
>     software whose purpose is to help run the computer system.
>
> ... ok, so it's "computer software", now, what's that?
>
>     Computer software
>     From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>
>     Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more
>     computer programs held in the storage of a computer for some
>     purpose.
>
> ... and here we go, it's a "computer program" (what a surprise) --
> your second link.  :)

According to your reference interpreting skills, GNU/Linux would count
as just "a computer program", too.  So we are back at square one.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum