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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:33:33 -0600
From:      Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>
To:        Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vi
Message-ID:  <20010612213332.A93871@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: <3B266A69.154878CB@nisser.com>; from "Roelof Osinga" on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 09:15:53PM
References:  <200106121556.f5CFupb48865@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <3B266A69.154878CB@nisser.com>

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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


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