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From: ddb@ns.UUCP (David Dyer-Bennet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi vs emacs in a student environment
Message-ID: <495@ns.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 88 18:55:58 GMT
References: billions of pointless "editor wars" articles <59699@sun.uucp>
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In article <59699@sun.uucp>, guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
> There are people who like "vi", people who like EMACS,
> people who like EDT, people who like "ed", and people who like IBM 029
> keypunches.
  Actually, I preferred the 026.  It had a crisper key feel, and a lighter
action.  :-)

> Can we please choke off the debate now?
  Sure, as long as we all stop at once.  Seriously, I recognize editors
as a religious position.  This means I don't start conversations about
them -- but it also means that, when a conversation is going on and
heretical views are being discussed, I feel a need to express my own
(equally heretical, to many people) views.  I wouldn't want somebody to
be hurt by actually believing that ridiculous posting by <.....> that
suggested that <;;;;;> was a decent editor; people can get HURT using
<;;;;;;>!
  Shutting up, sir!  

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In article <59699@sun.uucp>, guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
> There are people who like "vi", people who like EMACS,
> people who like EDT, people who like "ed", and people who like IBM 029
> keypunches.
  Actually, I preferred the 026.  It had a crisper key feel, and a lighter
action.  :-)

> Can we please choke off the debate now?
  Sure, as long as we all stop at once.  Seriously, I recognize editors
as a religious position.  This means I don't start conversations about
them -- but it also means that, when a conversation is going on and
heretical views are being discussed, I feel a need to express my own
(equally heretical, to many people) views.  I wouldn't want somebody to
be hurt by actually believing that ridiculous posting by <.....> that
suggested that <;;;;;> was a decent editor; people can get HURT using
<;;;;;;>!
  Shutting up, sir!  
  <<The Black Hole>> indeed.  Nice try...


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