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Le Tue, 29 May 2012 18:45:16 +0200, Thomas L=C3=B8cke <thomas@12boo.net>=
 a  =

=C3=A9crit:

> On 05/28/2012 08:34 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>> Freedom means the absence of restriction, and it doesn't matter that =
 =

>> serfs
>> and GPL fanbois have participated in Stallman's obscene twisting of t=
he
>> concept for his nefarious purposes.
>
>
> In what part of human life does freedom equal a complete absence of
> restrictions? It might mean an absence of undue restrictions, but that=

> is surely not the same as no restrictions at all.

Indeed, and any Ada programmer/designer should agree with that. Just lik=
e  =

Ada is all about restrictions to avoid typical errors and vicious traps,=
  =

freedom requires some rules to be viable (just like Ada helps to make  =

software more viable, thanks to its validity rules), the first of these =
 =

being to acknowledge other ones own right to freedom and own minimal  =

requirements to live decently.


-- =

=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity