Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-sally!ut-emx!chpf127 From: chpf127@ut-emx.UUCP (J. Eaton) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Basics of Program Design Message-ID: <3911@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 6 Jul 88 12:17:18 GMT References: <900@td2cad.intel.com> <3537@pdn.UUCP> <1559@microsoft.UUCP> <1335@hp-sdd.HP.COM> Distribution: na Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 15 In article <1335@hp-sdd.HP.COM>, nick@hp-sdd.HP.COM (Nick Flor) writes: > Yes. Why write it twice if you have a good editor? It's infinitely easier > to type 'dd' to erase a line in VI, than to use a pencil eraser. > Arguments welcome, Almost true (infinitely?), but is VI really a good editor? I think it's easier to use Emacs for that (and many other) tricks :-) > Nick J. Eaton UT Department of Chemical Engineering Something stupid should go here but I can't think of ... oh, there.