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Re:Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014) by dilap on Thursday October 13, 2016 @02:26AM (#12698918)
even emacs can open 30mb files. that's like stomping on a popper and having it blow your foot off (1)

i mean we're talking about opening a file that is 1% of typical system memory.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_snaps

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Re:Lime Text – Open Source Sublime Text alternative (2014) by 543y4eryy4 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @03:55AM (#12699198)
Not to be confused with poppers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppers
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