Re: Oracle: Naked King in database land?

Here we go...

I haven't used vi for years, and it took me years to get to use it properly. When I got used to it I could write C and perl code about 10-20% faster than before.

However, had I spent the same time with emacs, I would probably have had a similar improvement. The difference was that vi was lighter weight, which was essential in the environment I was working.

Which is the better editor (or "character manipulator", whatever)? Whichever YOU as an individual prefer. You like "A" better? Use "A".

"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?
Received on Thu Apr 03 2003 - 03:35:10 CST