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Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed: golem$ ed ? help ? ? ? quit ? exit ? bye ? hello? ? eat flaming d
by twic 7y ago
Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
golem$ ed
?
help
?
?
?
quit
?
exit
?
bye
?
hello?
?
eat flaming death
?
^C
?
^C
?
^D
?
Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity.
-- https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html
- stewartm 7y ago:) Had not spotted the humour section on gnu.org before. From the same site, the source code of ed: while :;do read x;echo \?;done -- https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.html https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.html