On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 04:03:23PM +0000, Smith, Cathy wrote: > Emacs got an update this month as well.
So Stallman++ ? > -- > Cathy L. Smith > IT Engineer > > Pacific Northwest National Laboratory > Operated by Battelle for the > U.S. Department of Energy > > Phone: 509.375.2687 > Fax: 509.375.4399 > Email: cathy.sm...@pnnl.gov > > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org > [mailto:plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Frank Filz > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:21 PM > To: 'Portland Linux/Unix Group' <plug@lists.pdxlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Joy++ > > > > 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 > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ~ Steve Jobs _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
