[comp.editors] vi vs. emacs vs. FSE

smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) (08/27/88)

>Here's such a thing:
>
>ed is a vw bug
>ex is a vw rabbitt
>vi is a vw scirocco (with convertible roof down, stuck down... :-)
>
>emacs is John Madden's CBS-provided travelling bus, but saddled with a
>gas stove, bulletproof windshield wipers, separate radios for each
>station, ZX-81 computer with two keyboards (both stuck in cyrillic mode),
>redundant drivers, swimming pool, velodrome, pigeon coop, kitchen sink...

I use to think NOS FSE was a turkey, but using vi, I think it's a Ford.