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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:35:20 -0500, DFS wrote:   
      
   > On 1/4/2026 4:32 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:15:18 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 12/31/2025 4:31 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:51:30 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> ... in practice, it's so difficult to make those source code   
   >>>>> mods and recompile that it's extremely rare.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Even a child can do it .   
   >>>   
   >>> Go ahead and add a simple string concat(a,b) function - or other   
   >>> trivial function - to the source code (and menus) of LibreOffice.   
   >>   
   >> Nothing really to do with the Linux kernel, but anyway ...   
   >>   
   >> Tools → Macros → Edit Macro → type in a few lines of BASIC, and   
   >> you’re away.   
   >   
   > Here's one that might be a little easier:   
      
   You asked a question, I answered it -- for free.   
      
   You don’t get another free question. If you want to pose a new   
   source-code hacking challenge, then you will have to offer your own   
   Microsoft-based answer to it as well, as a comparison to any   
   open-source one.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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