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Re:Ask HN: Examples of desktop software with 20+ years of lo... by oniony on Friday May 26, 2023 @05:23AM (#36081900)
Vim is not Vi. It's a project that initially emulated its behaviour and then extended it. So I would say that Vim is from 1991.
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Re:Ask HN: Examples of desktop software with 20+ years of lo... by ksherlock on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:50AM (#36105115)
Vim was a fork of the Amiga port of Stevie which was first released in 1987.
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