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This is a great historical trace / origin story. And now it all makes sense. But I'm a little disappointed. As someone who came to vim from the world of Notepad
by dosy 8y ago
This is a great historical trace / origin story. And now it all makes sense. But I'm a little disappointed. As someone who came to vim from the world of Notepad / Wordpad / WordPerfect / Word, vim, when I finally learned how to be productive in it, seemed so revolutionary and amazing. I sort of was hoping for a story that justified this feeling, like "Bram had a dream one night where alien greys appeared to him and told him he had a mission for humankind. They then showed him source code for a perfect text editor used in the Aldebaran system for millennia. It's name, they said, would be vim. Bram created it in a non-stop 3 day sprint before expiring for 1 month."
- TeMPOraL 8y agoThis is, in fact, the story behind Lisp Machines. Unfortunately, humans quickly forgot the lessons from the aliens, and made computing the mess it is today. The history is documented here: http://landoflisp.com/ http://landoflisp.com/ (scroll down and follow the arrows).
- dosy 8y agoThis is really hilarious. I am so glad you showed me that. The endless scroll section with the arrows. Great! :D and the music video...hypnotic.
- zaeem 8y agoloved that comic
- pantalaimon 8y agoRelevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/224/ https://xkcd.com/224/
- dosy 8y agoHahaha, perl.