Heh, heh, a decedent, really?  So vi really is dead?

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Hayim Sokolsky
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2023 18:35

I remember using "0lt$$" (the $$ is how escape-escape echoed) more times than I 
can count... but then again, it's what you had to do when programming on a 
teletype.

The ed and vi commands are actually based upon TECO. As far as I know vi is 
just a visual decedent of TECO.

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Leonard D Woren
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2023 4:13 PM

I never tried TECO, after reading "Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL"
40 years ago.  Extract:

....It has been observed that a TECO command sequence more closely resembles 
transmission line noise than readable text.  One of the more entertaining games 
to play with TECO is to type your name in as a command line and try to guess 
what it does....

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