Chomsky [comrade/them]@hexbear.nettothe_dunk_tank@hexbear.net•Stallman is back and r/Linux is fighting... discussions of sexism, pedophilia and sexual harassment. Reactionaries are very present.English
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4 years agoHe designed some of the software at the heart of open source software. Most notably GCC, which is a compiler for code. A compiler takes code from human readable form into a form usable by the computer. This is required by languages like C++, but not languages like python or JavaScript. He was also largely responsible for Emacs, which is the only piece of software a computer needs in addition to a browser. Although some computers, like mine, require proprietary software like Minecraft as well.
“First they came for the small business owners, but I did not speak out because I was not a small business owner.”