Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site amd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!amd!phil From: phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: How to put comments in nroff/tro (actually about vi) Message-ID: <193@amd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 15:48:31 EDT Article-I.D.: amd.193 Posted: Mon Aug 13 15:48:31 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 02:04:53 EDT References: <251@ihnp1.UUCP> <43800016@hpfcla.UUCP> Organization: AMD, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 14 Speaking of ex/vi, the current issue of Unix/world has a very interesting interview with Bill Joy and one of the things related is how he was putting all kinds of wonderful things into vi like windows but their new vax didn't have a tape drive, backups weren't done, and all the new code got "scrunched" when the machine crashed. He was so discouraged by this he gave up, write the documentation, and hasn't touched it since. It sort of sounds like Mark Horton is responsible for much of the success of vi, actually. -- amd70 is dead, tell a friend Phil Ngai (408) 982-6554 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!phil ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPA