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ed posting (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] nocteb@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

ed is the standard text editor https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!! Not a “viitor”. Not a “emacsitor”. Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Here's Ed for you