Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 18:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <199605250106.SAA19308@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199605242250.AAA02601@eac.iafrica.com> from Robert Nordier at "May 25, 96 00:50:11 am"
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... > > Hmm. Half the trouble with the whole 'editors' thread is that > people simply aren't digging deep enough to recall some of the > really hairy, insane, and plain disgusting text editors around. > > If is all very well for some to dismiss 'vi' as an abomination, > but.... > > Anyone with a VMS background remember TECO? TECO predates VMS and the VAX by a Decade or so, try ``Anyone with a DEC PDP-8 OS/8 background remeber TECO?'', circa 1968. And yes, TECO was the first editor I ever learned... and remeber this was in the days of the ASR33 and Tektronics 4002 DVST terminals. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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