Re: Oracle: Naked King in database land?

"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message news:<FnMia.17$GI5.87_at_news.oracle.com>...
> "Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message
> news:3E8B39B8.7E360786_at_telusplanet.net...
>
> > I take exception to that ... vi happens to be the world's best "character
> > manipulator" and attempts to degrade it to the class of "editor" simply is
> > wrong!
>
> <quote>
> So there were two guys sitting in a bar, and one says to the other,
> "That was a very intelligent remark you just made. What's your IQ?".
> The other guy says, "178." The first guy says, "Well, mine's 182.", and
> they go on to have a great discussion of the newest developments in the
> grand unification theories in physics.
>
> A couple of seats down, two other guys overhear the discussion, so one
> turns to the other and says, "My IQ's 101." The other says, "Well,
> mine's 99. How do you think the 49ers are going to do this year?" And
> they begin to become great friends.
>
> At the far end of the bar, both conversations are overheard by a third
> pair. One says to the other, "My IQ's 48." The other says, "Great,
> mine's 45. Do you use Emacs or vi?"
> </quote>
>
> That old joke perfectly reflects my own experience: there is no vi feature
> which suggests that its creator had IQ more than 50. The world moved since
> then, and no decent editor today require a user remembering silly and
> counter intuitive commands anymore. Why are you guys so vigorously defending
> this old piece of junk?

Have you ever really *used* it? Guess not. Just try to learn substituting regular expressions, see for yourself how powerful vi is, and realize your comments are silly.

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Apr 03 2003 - 01:41:33 CST