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> More people are familiar with Notepad than vi. Does that make vi a bad choice? That analogy doesn't work, because editors don't have network effects, whereas
by mwcampbell 12y ago
> More people are familiar with Notepad than vi. Does that make vi a bad choice?
That analogy doesn't work, because editors don't have network effects, whereas programming languages do.
- saidajigumi 12y ago> editors don't have network effects The 82 plugins in my current vim setup really, really beg to differ.
- scrollaway 12y agoThere's many reasons why that analogy doesn't work, and "network effect" isn't one. Appropriate tool, appropriate job.
- yellowapple 12y agoI'd argue that Javascript is never the appropriate tool for any job, but to each his/her own :)