That is not what the guys said…
He should not fly. Aircraft are controlled by a system that relies on non-free software and use non-free software to control their systems.
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Python provides glue between native libraries. That’s its strength. Python is slow because a java style just in time compiler is unable to optimise the code, so it has to be interpreted on every pass.
The people who idolize him. Someone in this thread called him a prophet for example. Its not hard to find folks like that, people looking for some kind of messianic leader to lead them through the confusion towards the promised land.
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I suppose there might be some people like that. But the people I know who admire RMS’s work are all quite capable of separating the man from the mission. It seems that his detractors rarely are.
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The mission contains good bits but to me is tainted by zealotry. I could say much the same for the man but I’d be speaking quite generously.
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Thankfully we can reap the benefits of various aspects of the mission, and the zealotry is self-inflicted, not forced outward.
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