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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:06:19 -0400
From:      dochawk@psu.edu
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr>
Cc:        Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>, Jason Halbert <jason@jason-n3xt.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vi 
Message-ID:  <200106121606.f5CG6Jb49102@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jun 2001 18:35:29 %2B0300." <20010609183529.C1363@hades.hell.gr> 

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Giorgos gobbled,


> Emacs was there for quite some time too, before JOE, or Pico, or anything
> else became available.  It was huge when compared to the lightness of a VI
> on some (old now) SunOS 4.3 machines that I learned to use Unix on.

Emacs was heavy to the point that a couple of people using it on a 
shared machine could bring the machine to its knees . . .



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