Geek Jokes Volume 0b10

[deckster]

MartG said:

Pretty sure that absolutely every developer worthy of the name can empathise with the final one.

[Zumbruk]

deckster said:

Pretty sure that absolutely every developer worthy of the name can empathise with the final one.

Nope. I've never had any trouble with 'vi', other than the differences between versions on different platforms, usually in cursor key handling.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Well, whilst we're on the subject of emacs...


credit: https://xkcd.com/378/

[deckster]

Zumbruk said:

deckster said:

Pretty sure that absolutely every developer worthy of the name can empathise with the final one.

Nope. I've never had any trouble with 'vi', other than the differences between versions on different platforms, usually in cursor key handling.

Really? The very first time you used it?

I mean, sure, when you know. But :q! isn't exactly intuitive.

[Zumbruk]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Well, whilst we're on the subject of emacs...


credit: https://xkcd.com/378/

https://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/real.programmers.html

https://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html

[Zumbruk]

deckster said:

Zumbruk said:

deckster said:

Pretty sure that absolutely every developer worthy of the name can empathise with the final one.

Nope. I've never had any trouble with 'vi', other than the differences between versions on different platforms, usually in cursor key handling.

Really? The very first time you used it?

I mean, sure, when you know. But :q! isn't exactly intuitive.

I don't remember, it was too long ago.

But most people confuse "intuitive" with "familiar". And I learned TECO before vi, so the latter was an improvement.

[Zumbruk]

Google Bard is obviously insane;

"Vi is still in use today, and it is available for many different operating systems. It is a popular choice for both Unix and Windows users."

[Halmyre]

We used to use vi, god help us, as a platform for writing technical documents. The bosses wouldn't spring for a word-processing package, telling us to get the documentation department to do it. Er, yes, fine, as long as you're happy to wait several weeks for the result, in which time we'll have racked up several more changes to be documented.

Then some idiot heard all about nroff and troff and we wasted a lot of time trying to get to grips with that.

[deckster]

I wrote my compsci dissertation in vi & LaTeX. Happy days.

[kambites]

I still use vi (well vim) as my code editor at work. I've tried lots of different editors but never found anything I prefer.

[tangerine_sedge]

deckster said:

Zumbruk said:

deckster said:

Pretty sure that absolutely every developer worthy of the name can empathise with the final one.

Nope. I've never had any trouble with 'vi', other than the differences between versions on different platforms, usually in cursor key handling.

Really? The very first time you used it?

I mean, sure, when you know. But :q! isn't exactly intuitive.

To be fair, the first 20 times or so is annoying, but learning the basics of vi is useful if you bounce around between UNIX/Linux boxes and just want to be able to edit stuff quickly.

[LordGrover]

I've been a 'user' for +30 years, but still have cheat sheets for some of my infrequent but recurring tasks...
e.g.
:1,.d
:.,$d

[jeremyc]

Pffft. Real geeks use ed.

Peter H. Salus said:

the most user-hostile editor ever created

[ChemicalChaos]

It's 15 years this month since the peak of a popular social trend, as explained here:

[Clockwork Cupcake]

jeremyc said:

Pffft. Real geeks use ed.

Real geeks read back the last few posts before posting.

[Zumbruk]

jeremyc said:

Pffft. Real geeks use ed.

Peter H. Salus said:

the most user-hostile editor ever created

I guess he never used TECO?

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/TECO.html

[Strangely Brown]

Zumbruk said:

jeremyc said:

Pffft. Real geeks use ed.

Peter H. Salus said:

the most user-hostile editor ever created

I guess he never used TECO?

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/TECO.html

... or edlin or GEDIT. At least EDT was visual.

[Jinx]

Strangely Brown said:

... or edlin or GEDIT. At least EDT was visual.

Edlin now that brings the nightmares....... (nothing tests the nerves like using edlin on your autoexec.bat)

[kowalski655]

I can laugh at most of the jokes, I just wish I could understand what the fk people were talking about in-between them

[captain_cynic]

kowalski655 said:

I can laugh at most of the jokes, I just wish I could understand what the fk people were talking about in-between them

There is a bit of a rivalry between Vi and Emacs users. It's like Ford Vs Holden or Arsenal vs Chelsea except more vicious and irrational.

Besides we all know Vi > Emacs.