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Re:Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim by WorldMaker on Monday September 18, 2023 @07:51PM (#37563845)
Relatedly, for all those that ever wondered why all the commands in vim that start with : are called "ex commands" in the documentation, it's that weird stack of ex was always inside vi and vice versa, vi was always inside of ex.
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