From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 12 20:34:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.cybersurf.net (smtp1.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914A937B408 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:34:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from 01031149@3web.net) Received: from [209.197.155.93] ([209.197.155.93]) by smtp1.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GEUN9800.GC6 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:34:20 -0600 Received: by mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:33:35 +4200 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:33:33 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Roelof Osinga Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi Message-ID: <20010612213332.A93871@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> References: <200106121556.f5CFupb48865@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <3B266A69.154878CB@nisser.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B266A69.154878CB@nisser.com>; from "Roelof Osinga" on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 09:15:53PM Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 09:15:53PM +0200, Roelof Osinga wrote: > dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > > > > ahem. It is a natural and glorious attraction. When God wrote the > > universe in Fortran, he used vi. > > Written in C which was an adaptation of the BCPL that was inspired by > the appearance of Algol that was introduced to delay the onset if not > onslaught of the COBOL manifested by the business community to pervert > the algorithmic simplicity - when translated into formulas, naturally - > of Fortran IV. > > Hence it came known that God moves if not writes in mysterious ways ;). > > Roelof Can I still earn my "orange BSD badge" if I learn Vim -- or does it have to be Vi? ;^) -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message