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   Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:43:35 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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   • Philip Johansson 🏴‍☠️💜
   • qed

   @qed "Unix philosophy" doesn't really exist, or has ever existed. Emacs and Lisp Machines are examples of how it should be done -- they are modular, and built of simple functions.

   VIM is not standardized FWIW.

   @philip @etam

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     qed (qed@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:43:36 JST qed

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     • Philip Johansson 🏴‍☠️💜

     @philip @etam Maybe the Unix philosophy was not great at the time emacs was born. Lisp machines were far superior in many regards, and #emacs is an extensible #lisp system under a text editor disguise.

     The UNIX-HATERS Handbook may provide some context: https://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf

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     Philip Johansson 🏴‍☠️💜 (philip@mastodon.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:43:38 JST Philip Johansson 🏴‍☠️💜

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     @etam
     It can be if we keep bickering!
     Emacs: ugly, bloated ad-hoc feature. Breaks the Unix philosophy.
     Vim: regex integration, standardized, versatile, extensible.

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     Etam (etam@im-in.space)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:43:39 JST Etam

     Are editor wars still a thing?

     #vim #emacs