Hi Colin,
> It would follow from Bjarni's argument, if accepted, that it is
> objectively correct (a strong claim!) to install programs in scripting
> languages on user systems only after first stripping comments from
> them (or perhaps even only after also running them through a compiler,
> where
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 12:43:53PM -0400, Doug McIlroy wrote:
> Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> > It is objectively correct to strip the macro files of bytes that are
> > meaningless for the program "groff"
> >
> > It is objectively correct to _not_ strip the macro files of bytes
> > that have a mean
> It is objectively correct to strip the macro files of bytes that are
> meaningless for the program "groff"
>
> It is objectively correct to _not_ strip the macro files of bytes
> that have a meaning for humans.
>
> So provide both versions.
The conclusion is compatible with the premises but does
