Monday, February 9, 2009

Vi, editing the right way!

I've been brushing up on Vi because I'm tired of using gedit. As a result, I've found some fun documents on the intarwebs.

The following interview with Bill Joy, creator of vi, was posted in Unix Review back in 84. I loved reading it for the historical value and for the sheer, "WTF, $300 / MB!?!?!" factor.

Also, I love how he keeps referring to "scrunching" as "the thing that happens when you lose code." The fact that this had a word to begin with means it happened, a lot. God, I hope my code never gets scrunched. =P 

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