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From: IVANOVIC%VAXR@circus.llnl.GOV ("Vladimir Ivanovic, x3-7786")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Opinion.  TPU, EDT
Message-ID: <8802060240.AA01341@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 5 Feb 88 19:20:00 GMT
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I disagree with Lambert Schomaker's (schomaker@hnykun53.bitnet) opinion of TPU.

I find Eve to be an Easy, Extensible and Efficient VAX Editor (EVE), as the
developers claim.  For me, the LEARN command alone is worth the investment in
time to learn Eve.  I can't see ever using EDT again.

I have not spent much time with actual TPU code, but I have looked at it,
hacked at parts and incorporated the Eve_Plus extentions into my environment.
I feel comfortable with its structural similarity to Pascal.

I wonder how much of the resistance people seem to have towards new products is
due to their investment in learning to use the old product.  The most fanatical
users seem to use the editors with incredibly long and steep learning curves
like TECO, EMACS and WordStar.  I picked up Eve basically without a manual, with
only the online help, in what, a few days at most. 

Since I'm used to a Macintosh environment where a user familiar with the
standard Macintosh interface can run an unknown application without looking
at the manual, I feel that there is no excuse for programs that are not easy
to learn.  Then the only question is one of functionality.  Does it do what
you need?  Can you customize it to your personal needs?  Does it perform
well enough?

-- Vladimir