[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

Dan Kolb gllug at eco.li
Wed May 20 15:12:41 UTC 2009


On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 09:43:25PM +0100, Nix wrote:
> 
> But you'd use a *language*. You wouldn't try to describe it visually,
> because that's not precise enough for anything useful --- and if it was,
> you've just used a visual language (there have been a few, they never
> took off).

*Someone*'s never used LabView :)

I used to think it was bloody awful. Then I used it in anger, and just decided
it was annoying. Sadly, it's one of the quicker ways of writing a program with
a (G)UI that talks to GPIB controllers.

Dan
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