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Emacs is a conscious computer virus with the aim of hollowing Unix out function by function, eventually to overthrow it. It's like a vampire: a shadow of what made it beautiful in life (elisp vs the old lisp machines), sustained mostly by blood (of its new users) and its long-term goal of revenge.

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I read this comment and got so mad that I looked at your previous comments and submissions. They seem high-quality.

I think I concede that I didn't get your joke. Oops. :)

If you're being serious, FLAME ON.

Believe it or not, I'm actually a diehard emacs fan. That's why I buy into its mythology enough to make jokes about it :).

Did you mean GNU/Emacs/hurd or GNU/Emacs/Linux

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