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ctdonath on Aug 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: X11 and the disturbing trend of Apple removing fun...

Apple went to great lengths to get OS X validated as a full-on UNIX. To what degree do developers in general confuse UNIX itself with good-riddance mis-associations therewith which cause unnecessary friction against modern development? (Can we drop vi already? fine paradigm unto itself, but counter to any other 21st-century UI...)

super_mario on Aug 6, 2012 | [–]

Except vi is part of POSIX specification and hence you can not be certified UNIX without it.

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/toc.htm

whichdan on Aug 6, 2012 | | [–]

Oh come on, suggesting to drop vi is practically flamebait.

rogerchucker on Aug 6, 2012 | [–]

You want Apple to drop vi from Mac? Pathetic

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