From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 29 11:50:26 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5821D1564FFA for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:50:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from mail2.nber.org (mail2.nber.org [198.71.6.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD5448D255 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:50:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Received: from sas1.nber.org (sas1.nber.org [198.71.6.89]) by mail2.nber.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x2TBMb4O070316 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 29 Mar 2019 07:22:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from feenberg@nber.org) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 07:22:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Feenberg To: Mayuresh Kathe cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eee-dee anyone? In-Reply-To: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in> Message-ID: References: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LRH 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-KLMS-Rule-ID: 1 X-KLMS-Message-Action: clean X-KLMS-AntiSpam-Status: not scanned, disabled by settings X-KLMS-AntiSpam-Interceptor-Info: not scanned X-KLMS-AntiPhishing: Clean, 2019/03/27 10:29:33 X-KLMS-AntiVirus: Kaspersky Security 8.0 for Linux Mail Server, version 8.0.1.721, bases: 2019/03/29 03:37:00 #9475119 X-KLMS-AntiVirus-Status: Clean, skipped X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: AD5448D255 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=nber.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of feenberg@nber.org designates 198.71.6.79 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=feenberg@nber.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.77 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.97)[-0.974,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-0.01)[country: US(-0.07)]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[79.6.71.198.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.4.2]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: smtp.nber.org]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.88)[-0.878,0]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[nber.org,none]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:26287, ipnet:198.71.6.0/23, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:50:26 -0000 On Fri, 29 Mar 2019, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > Are there still people on this list using the "ed" text-editor? > If yes, is it just for kicks? Or is there any real advantage over "vi"? Yes, I do use it. Not all the time, but please don't remove ed from the OS just because vi is better. There is a fallacious class of argument that is routine in mailing lists that decodes to "if a is better than b, then b is no good and it is a sign of bad character to use it". Daniel Feenberg NBER