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Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by _verandaguy on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @09:48PM (#44372966)
I'm not saying that doing this can't be fun, or even good to learn off of, but when it's touted as a feature or a spec, I do have to ask if it's a legitimate point.

If you build the world's widest bike, that's cool, and I'm happy you had fun doing it, but it's probably not the most useful optimization goal for a bike.

Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by WD-42 on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @11:51PM (#44373496)
Not a great analogy. This editor is really fast. Speed is important, to a point. But having more of it isn't going to hurt anything. It is super fun to write fast code though.
Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by legends2k on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @12:05PM (#44378833)
I don't think a sentence in a big report page is counted as touting.