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Re:A Defense of Philosophy (against Paul Graham) by qqq on Sunday December 21, 2008 @04:49AM (#405349)
So you're just going by his reputation? I have read about some of his ideas and formed the opinion that they are bad (apart from the one i mentioned).
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Re:A Defense of Philosophy (against Paul Graham) by rms on Sunday December 21, 2008 @04:59AM (#405355)
Ignore his politics, though I personally have a great deal of respect for people with extreme politics.

The Chomsky hierarchy -- a method of classifying formal grammars. Seems computer science-y enough that you'll consider it as something real. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy

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