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September 11, 2003

Horse's Mouth

On the event of Bill Joy's departure from Sun, the Register has a brief appreciation of vi, including this comment from Mr. Joy:

"People don't know that vi was written for a world that doesn't exist anymore . . ."

Or as another person put it, it was written for "masochists on some sort of bizarre kick that causes second-year college students to run away to monastic cults until they get tired of eating porridge and sweeping the floor with rush brooms that are too short."

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Posted by: Preteen at October 12, 2003 10:15 AM