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From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 21 Feb 1997 15:49:41 GMT
Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems
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In article <5ekc5h$clm@halon.vggas.com>, JYoungman@vggas.com says...
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>In article <330c6276.13111256@news.direct.ca>, glend@direct.ca says...
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>>Have we already forgotten edlin?
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>EDLIN was an ex(1) clone -- ish.   Guess what editor vi(1) is built upon?   
>Right!


...or maybe I'm thinking of ed(1)...

-- 
James Youngman       VG Gas Analysis Systems  The trouble with the rat-race 
Before sending advertising material, read     is, even if you win, you're 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html         still a rat.