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Vim Turns 20

Posted by samzenpus on from the they-grow-up-so-fast dept.

quanticle writes "20 years ago today, Bram Moolenaar released vim to the public. From the article:'The Vim text editor was first released to the public on November 2, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. Although it was originally designed as a vi clone for the Amiga, it was soon ported to other platforms and eventually grew to become the most popular vi-compatible text editor. It is still actively developed and widely used across several operating systems.' Share your vim stories and your tales of battles with emacs users."

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  1. And this is why emacs beats vim: by gentryx · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is more mature. It was initially released in 1976, and is still being actively developed, too. :-P

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  2. emacs this emacs that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    emacs would make a great operating system, if only it had a text editor worth a shit

  3. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would they mention the argument with emacs? That was settled years ago.

  4. Happily married by suso · · Score: 3, Funny

    I use vim, my wife uses emacs. We sleep in the same bed, unless she is swapping.

  5. vi 'til I die! by theswade · · Score: 3, Funny

    i[ENTER] Happy Birthday, vim!!! [ESC]:wq![ENTER]