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> > lol, what does emacs/vim war have to do with gnome/kde?
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> nothing actually except for the useless banter that accompanies each
> war.
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Cards on the table: I have been using Emacs 25 years as an editor, an
MUA and a programming environment.
When I started using it THE heated discussion was between proponents of
the DEC operating system, VMS, and proponents of UNIX. Then there were
flames between AT&T UNIX and Berklix UNIX. Then LINUX vs. Windows. The
beat goes on.
Then I got embroiled in a serious discussion of the OS and network
protocol to be used on NASA's supercomputer wind tunnel-in-a-computer
project. The competitors were Cray Operating system, COS, with LINKS a
suite of network protocols vs. UNIX and TCP/IP. IIRC there was a bit of
early support for SNA as a network protocol as well as OSI which was
being urged to be THE U. S. Government's network protocol suite. At a
big deal meeting to hash it out I had not come to a position but at the
meeting I listened and opted for the UNIX TCP/IP option, and a proponent
of another position offered to take a swing at me. A Civil Servant
stepped in to save my ass. Those were the days.
This VIM/ Emacs debate seems to crop up periodically to no great effect
in arriving at any decision. We all end up using the tools with which
they are most comfortable. And these flame wars SOLVE NOTHING.
Be sides every body KNOWS Emacs rules!!! :-)
Get over it guys. There is work that needs doing.
dlg
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