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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Computer Language Shootout
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:28:39 +0000 (UTC)
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Hyman Rosen wrote:
> Preben Randhol wrote:
>> Hyman Rosen wrote:
>>>No, it is a terrible thing. To this day, I cannot open up a large
>>>xterm on my Sun workstation and run "vi". 
>> 
>> Install vim instead. http://vim.sf.net.
> 
> My point exactly :-)

Not quite, because vim (Vi Improved) offers a great many improvements
over the old vi. I mean who worries about 640kb RAM which sombeody once
said should be enough for everybody ;-) It is in the past. One always
have to make some kind of restrictions which in the future may not work
anymore.

-- 
Ada95 is good for you.
http://www.crystalcode.com/codemage/MainMenu/Coding/Ada/IntroducingAda.php