> > On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > > > > > When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi > > > *and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages > > > like, 'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the > > > editor that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time. > > > > > Ed, man! !man ed > > > > Yeah, and in the early 1960s I fed paper tape into a Burroughs > > mainframe, in the early 1970s I fed 80-column Hollerith cards into the > > IBM S/360, and in the late 1970s I used a Teletype terminal and Diablo > > typewriter/printer. Using ed is like flipping logic switches on the > > front of the computer to program it. > > > > Now is much better. Both emacs and vi do the job; pick the one you like. > > > > Just so it was clear - that was a joke posting I was reposting from 1991....not > intended to start a flame war about who has the most history :)
I don't think folks see it as a flame war or competition. I just think it's fun to hear about what sorts of early computing experiences folks have had... I sometimes wonder how people who start programming these days think about things. What is it like to never have coded in an environment where you counted every byte of your program? To have never coded in a system where you didn't have huge libraries of ready to use functions? Frank --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
