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30 Jul 2024 06:25:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The other OS  
From: Warp
Date: 8 Aug 2011 10:01:44
Message: <4e3fec48@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 08/08/2011 02:09 PM, Warp wrote:
> > Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
> >> No. When I want to generate large chunks of text programatically, I
> >> write a program. (As you can probably tell, this isn't something I need
> >> to do very often.)
> >
> >    Why, when you could have your text editor do it?

> The main type of text that I edit is program source code.

> If you /need/ to generate large chunks of code automatically, you're 
> writing your program wrong.

  You could use the same argument for any of the several features in your
text editor that you, personally, never use.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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