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   oldernow to nospam@example.net   
   Re: What a shame you can't be playful   
   15 Apr 24 02:28:04   
   
   From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-04-14, D  wrote:   
      
   >>> Sometimes I feel like switching editors is a young mans   
   >>> game. ;)   
   >>   
   >> It wasn't a fence I enjoyed straddling, eventually getting   
   >> honest about what meant the most to me in editing, vim won,   
   >> story over.   
   >   
   > For me it was pretty easy. At university the teacher of   
   > computer science preferred emacs, so that's what we used,   
   > however, I worked extra as a system administrator, and   
   > before attending university, I was always a terminal man,   
   > so vim was there by default, so vim it was.   
   >   
   > Then, what propelled vim from a 50/50 choice to a 100/0   
   > choice was 6 months of downtime at a global consulting   
   > company (worst job I ever had) and I thought to myself,   
   > let's fill this garbage job with something useful, so for   
   > the next 6 months I went from ok to great in vim. Never   
   > looked back after that. And increased vim knowledge was   
   > the best thing with that crap job in the end. ;)   
      
   I cherish my vim crush too. ;-)   
      
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