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From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Re: Somewhat on Topic: Word Processing
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"Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.lhota.adarose@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Would WordStar have survived if it was rewritten in Ada?

No.  The thing that killed WordStar is having to memorize all those keyboard
key combinations.  Nobody wants to do that.  Its also why EMACS hasn't taken
over the world's programming consoles except on those owned by people with
really, really good memories.

Dave Head