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Can't talk about the McPhee method without also talking about his text editor :) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/14/structure https://www.newyorker.
by defen 9y ago
Can't talk about the McPhee method without also talking about his text editor :)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/14/structure https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/14/structure
- aidenn0 9y agoSo is the "alpha" he talks about a bunch of rexx scripts that run on top of an xedit clone?
- defen 9y agoAs far as I can tell it's a limited subset of REXX called KEXX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEDIT#KEXX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEDIT#KEXX but I'm not sure; I can't find any specific details. But pretty much, yes. This article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/magazine/the-mind-of-john-mcphee.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/magazine/the-mind-of-john... says he's one of the few remaining users.