Re:Why GNU Emacs?
by pjmlp on Monday February 15, 2016 @03:05PM
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> Are you saying the modern unix command line is not as good/better than the "PDP-11 command line experience"?
No, I am saying that it isn't even close to the Xerox PARC REPL experience from Interlisp-D, Mesa/Cedar and Smalltalk environments.
> Also, which PDP-11 command line? RSTS? RT11? Unix? or maybe that awesome front panel where you had to manually input your boot loader in binary every time you started the machine?
The VT-100 interface some people seem to keep living on.
No, I am saying that it isn't even close to the Xerox PARC REPL experience from Interlisp-D, Mesa/Cedar and Smalltalk environments.
> Also, which PDP-11 command line? RSTS? RT11? Unix? or maybe that awesome front panel where you had to manually input your boot loader in binary every time you started the machine?
The VT-100 interface some people seem to keep living on.