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Article #623858Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?
From: Peter Flass
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:52
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:52
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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. -- Pete
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