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I don't know prolog, and even if I did, reading so much code would take a lot of time. I don't see a point, because all that example can prove is that some subtle of sabotage is _possible_. I'd rather just agree that it is possible. (I already did.) I think our community's distributed build practices would make it difficult for such a sabotage to hit the whole community. Many GCC developers and redistributors have been bootstrapping for decades using their old versions. However, this suggests to me a way of investigating whether such sabotage is present in our tools. It would be much less work than replacing the system with new "simple" software, but it would be a substantial job. I think it would need funding. I don't know how to get such funding, but maybe someone else does. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.
