>>>>> "Bert" == Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> writes:

Bert> No it would not. The main issue for them is that you have to start  from what
Bert> they perceive as "binary blob" which is monkey-patched into  newer versions.

The C compiler would fit the same definition, by that reasoning.

At some point, you have toggle switches.  Everything after that
is binary blobs building other binary blobs.  Do they really need
us to trace it back to toggle switches?

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