[ale] Ongoing vim vs. emacs

[Alexander Barton]

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA!  ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
> AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES!  ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
> BODILY FLUIDS!!  ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR!  ED MAKES THE SUN
> SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
> 
> 
> When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
> help screens and cursor positioning code!  I just want an EDitor!!
> Not a "viitor".  Not a "emacsitor".  Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
> 
> ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html

Pah!  What BLOATWARE!  Real programmers use cat.