Crazy thought: DId the guys at FTL prefer Vi over Emacs
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:53 am
I just had a crazy thought when the eternal debate about the editors Emacs and Vi showed up on another forum.
Somebody mentioned it as "an argument that will never be resolved between the Worshipers of Vi and the Cult of Emacs".
Suddenly I thought of Dungeon Master and the Alter of Vi where you resurrect the characters.
Was that a hint of their preference for the editor Vi over Emacs?
Just a crazy thought. Just for reference, a couple years after I got the Apple IIGS version of Dungeon Master (new, from a brick & mortar store), I got a copy of the Apple IIGS port of Emacs from Software of the Month Club, so those programs are indeed that old. Whether the guys at FTL had any experience with Unix (no Linux yet) I am not sure.
Anyways, just a humorous thought since I've heard fans of Vi called "Worshipers of Vi" and fans of Emacs called "Members of the Cult of Emacs" as far back as 1995 on Usenet. I'm just surprised I didn't connect it back then, since I was actually still playing Dungeon Master on my actual Apple IIGS in 1995.
Somebody mentioned it as "an argument that will never be resolved between the Worshipers of Vi and the Cult of Emacs".
Suddenly I thought of Dungeon Master and the Alter of Vi where you resurrect the characters.
Was that a hint of their preference for the editor Vi over Emacs?
Just a crazy thought. Just for reference, a couple years after I got the Apple IIGS version of Dungeon Master (new, from a brick & mortar store), I got a copy of the Apple IIGS port of Emacs from Software of the Month Club, so those programs are indeed that old. Whether the guys at FTL had any experience with Unix (no Linux yet) I am not sure.
Anyways, just a humorous thought since I've heard fans of Vi called "Worshipers of Vi" and fans of Emacs called "Members of the Cult of Emacs" as far back as 1995 on Usenet. I'm just surprised I didn't connect it back then, since I was actually still playing Dungeon Master on my actual Apple IIGS in 1995.