[ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Usenet">Usenet, but may predate it] ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=flame war">flame wars over {religious issues}. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=big-endian">big-endian and ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=little-endian">little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Emacs">Emacs vs. ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=vi">vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else' s personal computer, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ITS">ITS vs. ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix vs. ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=VMS">VMS, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=BSD">BSD Unix vs. ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=USG Unix">USG Unix, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=C">C vs. ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Pascal">Pascal, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=C">C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=theology">theology. [ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File]

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