Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!thad
From: thad@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi vs emacs in a student environment
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Date: 2 Jul 88 07:44:40 GMT
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Throwing in my $.02 worth ...

EMACS (and variants) is available for nearly every machine of interest
(except my C64! :-)

Systems I use regularly (which have EMACS and clones thereof) include:
TOPS-20, VAX/VMS, VAX 4.3BSD, UNIX PC 3B1, Amiga, IBM PC, etc etc.

Considering the value of MY time to ME, I cannot afford to learn a new
editor on every system I need to use, or struggle with a different "mindset"
of editor commands multiple times a day.

Software is cheap; people are expensive; the goal is productivity.  If I'm
able to complete work faster 'cause I'm using a familiar editor, I then have
more time to do the fun things in life.