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Article #43Re: The Death of vi?
From: Noam Bernstein
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 23:53
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 23:53
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tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel) writes: >Because emacs isn't ubiquitous, and because people use vi. You might as >well ask why they still sell manual transmissions in cars. Because manual transmissions are simply better (more efficient and provide more control) if you neglect the amount of training the driver needs). That's why racing cars have manual transmissions. Yeah, I drive a manual and use vi. >-- Noam
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc8!bernst From: bernst@husc8.harvard.edu (Noam Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: The Death of vi? Message-ID: <bernst.720489191@husc8> Date: 30 Oct 92 23:53:11 GMT Article-I.D.: husc8.bernst.720489191 References: <3159@ucl-cs.uucp> <BwwGr5.7Eu@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: husc8.harvard.edu