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From: ugfailau@sunybcs.uucp (Fai Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C critisisms
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Date: 6 Jan 88 09:30:57 GMT
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In article <6938@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>
>What one thinks things "should" be like is heavily influenced by one's
>past experience.  You may already realize this, but an amazing number
>of people don't -- witness the recurrent "editor wars", "VMS vs. UNIX"
>debates, etc.  C doesn't seem that strange to BCPL or experienced C
>programmers..  Now, that Pascal, man -- that's a strange language! :-)
>
	I have had the opportunity to use both the VNS editor
and the UN*X editor, and I think they're just equally good.
Granted when I first used the vi I was shocked. You mean
I have to type an i to insert and type escape to exit the mode?
But when I got totally used to it I ended up liking it as much
as the VMS editor. What convenience it sacrifies is counter
balanced by the power it offers, so it really isn't better
or worse. To use the corny phrase "it's just different".
Now I use vi most often, and I have been really rusty
in my ability of using the VMS editor (I used to remember
the functions of every single key on the key pad). I can
understand why some people would prefer vi and why some people
would prefer VMS. And I think a "war" is pointless.

Fai  Lau
SUNY at Buffalo (The Arctic Wonderland)
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