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tyggna writes: "The flame wars of different shells and text editors have long been established, but my question is this: are text editors and various languages linked? Do the majority of Ruby programmers use Emacs? Are most Perl programmers using vim?

Please post your editor and language of choice in the comments."

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  1. OK by slapout · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Please post your editor and language of choice in the comments."

    O'Reilly and English

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  2. C/C++/Java/Ruby/Python and I use.... by RedHackTea · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quill pen on papyrus. I have a dedicated typist to re-type all of it when I'm done into whatever editor it chooses. I also have a stenographer for when my hand gets tired. I never get compilation errors.

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  3. Re:Uh, sure.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And there's even a vi plugin for it that turns it into a text editor!

  4. Re:No love for nano? by bazmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    No love for nano?

    No.