Message no. 1

From:	adamj@*********.com (Adam Jury)
Subject:	[ADMIN] Re: [OT] vi vs. emacs (was: Re: Decker arguments (kind of))
Date:	Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:17:59 -0700

On 11-Jan-07, at 8:13 PM, Justin Bell wrote:

> On 1/11/2007 9:47 PM, efreeman wrote:
>> Not many people know this, but vi is only half the name. Remember
>> how
>> vi has two modes, inspecting and editing? It came from munging two
>> earlier programs together, a _V_isual _I_nspector and a _L_ine
>> _E_ditor. They kept just the first two initials, but vi really
>> should
>> be called vile.
>
> Fewer people realise that EMACS actually stands for "Eating Memory And
> Cycle-Sucking"

And while we've been lenient about OT so far this year, I think this
particular tangent can be brought to a close now that everyone has
kicked their least favourite puppy. :-)

cheers,
Adam
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