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From: reader@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 15:25:12
Message-Id: 87ej8m6o8x.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008 by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes:
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3 > vi was written by Bill Joy
4 > Bill Joy wrote lots of good stuff in BSD
5 > Our favourite OS owes a lot to BSD
6 > using vi pays homage to those magnificent BSD'ers of old
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8 I second all the vi accolades.
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10 I like the fact that Bill Joy was horribly drunk when he wrote the
11 bulk of vi. vi is a very powerfull editor.
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13 I'll probably cause Alan to never help me again but I will admit I
14 mostly use vim when the OS is pretty finished.
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