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Article #623859Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?
From: Dan Espen
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:36
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:36
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Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: > Gareth's Downstairs Computer > <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On 07/06/2018 11:39, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >>> That was a regular argument in the late 70s to mid 80s, almost as >>> common as emacs/vi. >> >> >> Never could understand the quasi-religious fervour about them, >> for EDLIN provided all that was ever necessary in an editor. >> >> The time spent editing a program is infinitesimally insignificant >> compared to the time that a progam may exist. > > Sure, butbthe time spent editing is a large percentage of the time the > programmer spends working on it. Afterwards it may exist for years without > being touched, while the programmer has moved on to working with other > code. Besides vi vs. emacs is a useless argument - ISPF is far and away the > best editor. I considered myself an expert ISPF user (including the editor). Sorry having to hit enter just didn't cut it for me. Only 7 colors? Emacs offers so much more. -- Dan Espen
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