From 0236f76a1fcd2d2e0487ef8a55d2f6946959651d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:43:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Holy wars update --- entries/holy wars.txt | 19 +++++++++---------- entries/religious issues.txt | 17 ++++++----------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/entries/holy wars.txt b/entries/holy wars.txt index fdc8377..fba3b1b 100644 --- a/entries/holy wars.txt +++ b/entries/holy wars.txt @@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ n. [from Usenet , but may predate it; common] n. flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularized the terms big-endian and little-endian in connection with the LSB-first/MSB-first controversy was entitled On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace. Great holy wars of the past have -included ITS vs.: Unix , Unix vs.: VMS , BSD Unix vs.: System V, C vs.: -Pascal , C vs.: FORTRAN, etc. In the year 2003, popular favorites of the day -are KDE vs, GNOME, vim vs. elvis, Linux vs. [Free|Net|Open]BSD. Hardy -perennials include EMACS vs.: vi , my personal computer vs.: everyone else's -personal computer, ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy -wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy war most of the -participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and -cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. This happens -precisely because in a true holy war, the actual substantive differences -between the sides are relatively minor. See also theology. +included ITS vs Unix , Unix vs VMS , BSD Unix vs System V, C vs Rust, +Python vs Perl, init vs systemd, etc. + +The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical +disputes is that in a holy war most of the participants spend their time +trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as +objective technical evaluations. This happens precisely because in a +true holy war, the actual substantive differences between the sides are +relatively minor. See also theology. diff --git a/entries/religious issues.txt b/entries/religious issues.txt index 063b795..e20c889 100644 --- a/entries/religious issues.txt +++ b/entries/religious issues.txt @@ -1,13 +1,8 @@ religious issues -n. Questions which seemingly cannot be raised without touching off holy wars -, such as What is the best operating system (or editor, language, -architecture, shell, mail reader, news reader)? , What about that Heinlein -guy, eh? , What should we add to the new Jargon File? See holy wars ; see -also theology , bigot , and compare rathole. This term is a prime example of -ha ha only serious. People actually develop the most amazing and religiously -intense attachments to their tools, even when the tools are intangible. The -most constructive thing one can do when one stumbles into the crossfire is -mumble Get a life! and leave unless, of course, one's own unassailably -rational and obviously correct choices are being slammed. - +n. Questions which seemingly cannot be raised without touching off holy wars, +such as What is the best operating system (or editor, language, +architecture, shell, mail reader, news reader)? See holy wars; see +also theology , bigot , and compare rathole. People actually develop the +most amazing and religiously intense attachments to their tools, even +when the tools are intangible. \ No newline at end of file