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George R. R. Martin uses a 36-year-old DOS software to write his books
- tschumacher 3y agoPrevious discussion on WordStar https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26370252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26370252
- eschneider 3y agoAs someone who's been using Emacs since the 80s, once you settle into tools that work for you, you can spend your mental energy on solving your problems. :)
- potbelly83 3y agoIf only the current generation of software engineers actually followed this advice :)
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoDanielle Steel still uses a typewriter! Got to be 70 years old at least. So does Tom Hanks.
- CharleFKane 3y agoI believe Cormac McCarthy did as well, at least until his recent death.
- deafpolygon 3y agoThat seems to imply that he's had multiple deaths. ;)
- NikkiA 3y agoBecause wordstar is simple and elegant.
- smackeyacky 3y agoUntil you need to access a printer, where it becomes hideously complicated and unable to converse with anything you might own. It did have the virtue that it ran on barely compatible machines like the Sanyo MBC-550 but word perfect made wordstar instantly redundant.
- hulitu 3y ago> Until you need to access a printer, where it becomes hideously complicated and unable to converse with anything you might own. Funny that i have the same feeling almost everyday with web browsers. Printing from a web browser is an exercise in pain.
- smackeyacky 3y agoThat is true, and seems ti be getting worse rather than better.
- vanattab 3y agoDoes he still write? I thought he basically tossed the pen in when GOT blow up.
- hulitu 3y agoI bet he is vulnerable to all sorts of zero day exploits. /s
- rrauenza 3y agoCan you imagine how much longer it would take him to write if he could also web surf while working?
- mharig 3y agoNow I understand, why he didn't finish A Song of Ice and Fire, yet.