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Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:31
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:52:34 -0400, Peter Flass wrote:

> 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.

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 https://www.michaelwlucas.com/tools/ed

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