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From: draper@bu-tyng.bu.edu (dday)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VI vs. Emacs
Message-ID: <1615@bu-tyng.bu.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 88 22:53:37 GMT
Reply-To: draper@bu-tyng.UUCP (dday)
Organization: Boston University, Tyngsboro MA
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	I am currently and undergrad student majoring in CS. I will
	be a senior next year. Last semester I had to do programming
	work on three different systems with three different OS's.
	(VAX - VMS 4.7 : Sequent - Dynix (Unix) : Data General MV4000 -
	AOS/VS) I had been using VI all the time (on the Sequent). I
	had to make a choice, learn EDT for the VAX and SED for the
	Data General .... OR ... learn Emacs for ALL of them. Emacs
	was the only editor that was implemented on all three
	machines. I don't have to tell you what I did. Once I learned
	Emacs I wondered why I had taken so long. (I had been hearing
	about Emacs for over a year.) I think Emacs is far superior
	to VI and would advise all CS majors to take the time to
	learn it.


	Dave Draper


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