changeset 1523:2052c8a548dd

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author Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
date Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:30:02 -0600
parents bafe6a6797ce
children 7902e74bfe5c
files website/src/index.html website/src/why.html
diffstat 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/website/src/index.html	Sun Jun 28 13:13:19 2020 -0600
+++ b/website/src/index.html	Mon Jul 06 11:30:02 2020 -0600
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
 		<div link><a href="download/">Download</a></div>
 		<div link><a href="https://hg.luan.ws/luan">Source</a></div>
 		<div link><a href="http://forum.luan.ws/">Support Forum</a></div>
-		<div link><a href="blasma.html">Blasma - proposed social forum</a></div>
 	</body>
 </html>
--- a/website/src/why.html	Sun Jun 28 13:13:19 2020 -0600
+++ b/website/src/why.html	Mon Jul 06 11:30:02 2020 -0600
@@ -16,28 +16,30 @@
 
 		<p>Luan is designed for simplicity and readability.  It rejects the complexity of modern software.  It is mature software that I have been using for years for web programming.  Whether Luan will appeal to you depends on who you are.  So I will address different groups of people.</p>
 
-		<h2>For Modern Scum</h2>
-
-		<p>I define modern scum as members of depraved modern western culture.  They will hate Luan and shouldn't use it.  This is because they are evil people who love complexity and hate simplicity.  They worship their own insane ideas and ideologies while ignoring practical real-world concerns.  This is taken to an extreme in Silicon Valley where the world's worst software is produced.</p>
-
-		<h2>For the Right</h2>
+		<h2>For Moderns</h2>
 
-		<p>Those on the Right who think their issue is primarily political are basically modern scum, and Luan isn't for them.  But those on the Right that understand that the core issue is cultural and religious should find Luan appealing.  The West first decayed religiously and then decayed culturally.  This decay made the people evil to the point where they are completely incapable of producing anything good.  But this is recent, happening between 2000 and 2010.  America produced great software in the last century, and Luan is designed in this spirit.  Things like Unix, C, and the internet protocols were all designed for simplicity and power.  Luan has the same kind of design.</p>
-
-		<p>How does this matter practically?  The Right is suffering because the Left dominates technology.  And when the Right does try to produce technology, like a number of its social media platforms, the results are poor.  I believe that one reason for this is that the Right is using software tools designed by the Left.  These tools are horrible and overcomplicated.  The Silicon Valley types who produce them are not stupid, they are just extremely evil.  So these tools are only really suited for them.  Decent programmers want simple tools that don't force them to struggle to conform to some insane programming ideology.  So decent programmers should use software produced in the West before it became fully depraved, meaning before 2000 to be safe.  When more recent software is needed, look for software produced outside of western culture.  For example <a href="https://nginx.org/">nginx</a> is okay because it was produced in Russia.</p>
-
-		<p>I designed Luan in reaction to horrible modern software.  I think Luan should appeal to programmers on the Right who share my traditional western values.  And I think Luan would allow these programmers to more efficiently produce websites to compete with the Left.</p>
+		<p>I define Moderns as members of depraved modern western culture.  They will hate Luan and shouldn't use it.  This is because they are evil people who love complexity and hate simplicity.  They worship their own insane ideas and ideologies while ignoring practical real-world concerns.  This is taken to an extreme in Silicon Valley where the world's worst software is produced.</p>
 
 		<h2>For Muslims</h2>
 
+		<p>By Muslims, I mean those having the values of the Quran, not of modern culture.  Muslims who accept modern culture and modern software are only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Muslim">nominally Muslim</a> and are really Moderns.  Such Muslims should not use Luan.</p>
+
 		<p>The Quran has a broad message to seek the good and avoid the bad.  This applies to all things including programming.  I am not Muslim, I follow the Old Testament.  But all scripture inspired by God has a similar message.  Programming is a way of expressing ideas, just like any kind of writing.  And where are ideas best expressed?  In scripture.  I try to use the writing style of the Torah as my guide for how I should program.  Biblical Hebrew is a very simple language, yet the Torah expresses profound ideas in a simple and direct way using this language.  This is exactly what one wants from good programming.  And Luan is designed for this kind of programming.</p>
 
 		<p>Look at modern western culture, especially the culture of Silicon Valley.  Can any religious person deny that this culture is the product of Satan?  And so their software is inspired by Satan.  Is this the kind of software that a Muslim or any religious person should use?</p>
 
-		<p>As I use the Torah for inspiration, Muslims should use the Quran.  Consider how ideas are expressed in the Quran and try to apply the same style to your programming.  The Silicon Valley obsession with programming ideologies is really nothing more than idolatry.  Don't allow idolatry into your code.  Scripture is full of general wisdom.  I have <a href="http://software.mikraite.org/The-Old-Testament-on-Programming-tp3.html">applied</a> the wisdom of the Old Testament to programming.  Muslims should try to do the same with the Quran.</p>
+		<p>As I use the Torah for inspiration, Muslims should use the Quran.  Consider how ideas are expressed in the Quran and try to apply the same style to your programming.  The Silicon Valley obsession with programming ideologies is really nothing more than idolatry.  Don't allow idolatry into your code.  Scripture is full of general wisdom.  I have <a href="http://www.mikraite.org/The-Old-Testament-on-Programming-tp1923.html">applied</a> the wisdom of the Old Testament to programming.  Muslims should try to do the same with the Quran.</p>
 
 		<p>The Muslim world will not improve until Muslims free themselves from dependencies on the degenerate West.  For programmers the place to start is with software tools.  Luan is one step in the right direction.</p>
 
+		<h2>For the Right</h2>
+
+		<p>Those on the Right who think their issue is primarily political are basically Moderns, and Luan isn't for them.  But those on the Right that understand that the core issue is cultural and religious should find Luan appealing.  The West first decayed religiously and then decayed culturally.  This decay made the people evil to the point where they are completely incapable of producing anything good.  But this is recent, happening between 2000 and 2010.  America produced great software in the last century, and Luan is designed in this spirit.  Things like Unix, C, and the internet protocols were all designed for simplicity and power.  Luan has the same kind of design.</p>
+
+		<p>How does this matter practically?  The Right is suffering because the Left dominates technology.  And when the Right does try to produce technology, like a number of its social media platforms, the results are poor.  I believe that one reason for this is that the Right is using software tools designed by the Left.  These tools are horrible and overcomplicated.  The Silicon Valley types who produce them are not stupid, they are just extremely evil.  So these tools are only really suited for them.  Decent programmers want simple tools that don't force them to struggle to conform to some insane programming ideology.  So decent programmers should use software produced in the West before it became fully depraved, meaning before 2000 to be safe.  When more recent software is needed, look for software produced outside of western culture.  For example <a href="https://nginx.org/">nginx</a> is okay because it was produced in Russia.</p>
+
+		<p>I designed Luan in reaction to horrible modern software.  I think Luan should appeal to programmers on the Right who share my traditional western values.  And I think Luan would allow these programmers to more efficiently produce websites to compete with the Left.</p>
+
 		<h2>For Japanese</h2>
 
 		<p>Japan is the only remaining culture that I know of that values quality.  The Japanese understand that quality is the result of keeping things clean and simple, and of continuous improvement.  I have applied these things to Luan.  I discussed how Japanese ideas apply to my programming <a href="http://www.mikraite.org/Core-Programming-Principles-tp1237.html">here</a>.  I think you can see all of these principles in my code.</p>