Ask HN: Best software in the world?

2 pointsVargas15y ago4 comments

This question was originally asked at Barrapunto, a Slashdot clone in Spanish: http://preguntas.barrapunto.com/article.pl?sid=10/10/27/1045237

I'm interested to see what HNers think, so I'm translating it:

"From your point of view, which is the best software in the world? I mean software for end users, MQSeries or a virtual machine with a JIT compiler would not be valid answers. Some examples that come to mind: LaTeX, Bloomberg (real time financial data), Emacs."

In the following discussion, VLC and 'Hello, world!' were the most voted while Excel and browsers such as Firefox or Chromiun were the most mentioned.

4 comments

madhouse15y ago

Emacs. Because it can have (and most often, it has) everything else built into it.

program15y ago

Emacs can't run itself.

$ emacs

M-x shell

$ emacs

I love recoursive jokes.

133115y ago

Mathematica. Unfortunately, it is priced accordingly.

gaius15y ago

SQLite. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

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Ask HN: Best software in the world?

2 pointsVargas15y ago4 comments

This question was originally asked at Barrapunto, a Slashdot clone in Spanish: http://preguntas.barrapunto.com/article.pl?sid=10/10/27/1045237

I'm interested to see what HNers think, so I'm translating it:

In the following discussion, VLC and 'Hello, world!' were the most voted while Excel and browsers such as Firefox or Chromiun were the most mentioned.

4 comments

madhouse15y ago

Emacs. Because it can have (and most often, it has) everything else built into it.

program15y ago

Emacs can't run itself.

$ emacs

M-x shell

$ emacs

I love recoursive jokes.

133115y ago

Mathematica. Unfortunately, it is priced accordingly.

gaius15y ago

SQLite. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse