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I think this is the worst straw man headline I've ever heard. I've never actually used ed once in the last 30 years of using Unixes both on a programming and a
by baz00 3y ago
I think this is the worst straw man headline I've ever heard.
I've never actually used ed once in the last 30 years of using Unixes both on a programming and admin perspective.
Edit: ok he got me :)
- HankB99 3y agoMany long years ago I took a course that required using a terminal to edit and run code (Language was Dartmouth Basic.) One lucky student got to use a full screen terminal while the rest of us used some kind of line oriented terminal. My recollection is the DEC LA120 (Though this was on a Prime 300 mini.) The only way to edit code was using a line oriented editor. (Though not technically ed on UNIX.) We have come so far since.
- jimmaswell 3y agoI've been using Ed to write assembly on my Kaypro since it's so much faster than WordStar. It's been interesting seeing how people used to do it.