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Re: Editor Wars

#3548
From: Nate Hess
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1989 04:46
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In article <156@inf.ethz.ch>, wyle@inf (Mitchell Wyle) writes:
>Why I use vi:
 
>11) Inertia:  I've used vi(1) for a few years, have built up a large
>    family of macros for shell-script programming, troff text, and modula-2.
>    With continued commitment from vendors for support, why change?

Gosh.  With this line of reasoning, I'm surprised you're still not
programming in COBOL.

:-)#
--woodstock
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From: nate@hobbes.intel.com (Nate Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Editor Wars
Keywords: editors, vi
Message-ID: <3892@mipos3.intel.com>
Date: 14 Apr 89 04:46:14 GMT
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