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From: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ALED goes to the wastebasket here in Iceland
Message-ID: <3254@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 15 Jun 91 22:47:17 GMT
References: <27098@as0c.sei.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
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In article <27098@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> df@sei.cmu.edu (Dan Farmer) writes:
>  This is rediculous -- just because something doesn't suit *your*
>needs doesn't mean that it's "a waste of disk space".  What an

Well, think of a book in your favorite language.  This is a great book, but
it has one bad look.  There are *NONE* of the following letters in the
book:
	'a', 'A', 'e', 'E', 'r', 'R', 's', 'S'

I am sure you could read it, but it is not enjoying.  You would have to
guess where you should put those letters.

Now think of another thing.  Let us imagine that you are a writer writing
in a language that *does* contain the above letters.  Suddenly one day you
get a great idea for a book (or letter or article...) and you sit down and
start to write.  What would you do if you would find your pen (typewriter,
pencil...) writing everything you want *EXECPT* for the above letters?
Even if the language *requires* "aAeErRsS"    ????



>egocentric view -- perhaps the author doesn't care if his program
>is used by whiners in the frozen north.  One of you even said that
>it looked like a useable editor, but just because it lacks a feature

It was I who wrote that.  Let me tell you one thing.  If you were a local
person here in Iceland, you wouldn't call us whiners.  Then you would
understand my comment.

>criticism, or write your own editor that does what you want.  Personally,

(now something on the lighter side of life)
I just might write my own editor.  What should I call it?  VIMACS?
:-)  :-)

>I think it looks like a fine editing program -- but even if I hated it,
>what good would flaming it here do me?

(Humm)
Perhaps the message that we *must* have the 8th bit available would reach
more programmers?


I only hope that this has started someone to think and reconsider if they
are going to write an editor??  

--
Internet:    einari@rhi.hi.is        |   "Just give me my command line and drag
UUCP:    ..!mcsun!isgate!rhi!einari  |   the GUIs to the waste basket!!!!"

Surgeon Generals warning:  Masking the 8th bit can seriously damage your brain!!