On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:42 +0200 Rudolf Polzer wrote: [...] > For code, the definition of source is quite simple. Code typically > consists of a string of characters. Anyone could have typed in these > characters > - someone else would be able to type in the very same program.
I don't think I would be able to write *any* program in the *same* way it was written by its author(s)... ;-) > Anyone can > change a line in the program, and there is no reason why that line of the > program should NOT be in the "spirit of" the original program. There are many many reasons, IMHO. > Simply because > the only part of the author that goes in is his thought, [...] It is indeed the author's thought that is goes in: something that is quite unique, I would say... In summary, I think you are oversimplifying the art of programming. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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