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Article #620749Re: xref Nostalgia
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:34
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:34
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On 1 Mar 2018 18:31:18 GMT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-03-01, John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: > > > In article <slrnp9e76p.eu5.grahn+nntp@frailea.sa.invalid>, > > Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote: > > > >> That too, but I'm personally more interested in the time frame when > >> tools I use today were created: the Unix shells, C compilers, > >> vi/Emacs, troff ... > > > > I was writing C programs on Unix by late 1975 and I don't ever > > remember using a program to do variable crossrers. Whatever > > it needed to do, grep was good enough, or the tag schemes later > > written for emacs and vi. > > > > Before that I did use the PDP-10 MACRO-10 cref program from time to > > time, even though we had text editors that had some sort of string > > search. > > I guess once we went from paper listings to screens, good editors, > and grep, the need for cross-reference listings faded. As listings yes, OTOH opengrok is a wonderful tool for finding your way around a large codebase. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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