From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 24 23:32:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA12775 for current-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 23:32:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kanto.cc.jyu.fi (root@kanto.cc.jyu.fi [130.234.1.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA12765 for ; Fri, 24 May 1996 23:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (kallio@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanto.cc.jyu.fi (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id JAA22762; Sat, 25 May 1996 09:29:40 +0300 (EET DST) Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 09:29:40 +0300 (EET DST) From: Seppo Kallio To: Frank Seltzer cc: Terry Lambert , "Stephen P. Butler" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: editors In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 24 May 1996, Frank Seltzer wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > Gotta get those new user up to speed on pipes and redirection > > > > right off the bat! > > > > > > Huh! Mere child's tools. I vote we ought to give them just a disk > > > sector editor. After all, any self-respecting hacker ought to be able > > > to edit files by writing the disk format directly! :-) > > > > Luxury! > > > > Why, I remember installing Ultrix on a non-DEC drive using only > > my bare hands and "dd"... > > Terry Lambert > > --- > > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > > or previous employers. > > And walked 5 miles to school, uphill both ways :-) > > Frank You forgot the "Bare foot in 1 meter deep snow with -20 degrees Celsius." Seppo