- To: Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] language jihad
- From: Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue May 1 22:48:02 2001
- Cc: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Organization: Wombat Outdoor Adventures
Jeff Waugh wrote:
> Only you, Terry. ;)
<bow> {:-)
> into the Windows glove just like VBScript, ECMAScript, PerlScript and
at least I didn't use fowl language {:-).
Nor did I point out the obvious *nix language LISP!
Which leads to emacs.
I thought that was just a tad too inflammatory.
As I said, it is horses for courses. I want to work in GIS. I have two
choices <shudder> Visual Basic on NT </shudder> or emacs on Linux. Emacs
is looking might attractive.
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