now someone do a "VIM appearances in pop culture" :)
Emacs appearances in pop culture
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Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#32Enjoyable list but I’m not sure the AlphaGo documentary counts as pop culture :). It’s interesting how people talk about vi vs emacs, can’t remember ever meeting anyone who chose vi over vim, let alone enough people to make th at the debate.
> can’t remember ever meeting anyone who chose vi over vim, let alone enough people to make th at the debate.
Because vim generally offers everything vi has.
vi does have one advantage though. It's a lot lighter. vim is like 5.4MiB in size with 82 shared library dependencies, while vi[1] is like 260KiB with 2 library dependencies (libc and ncurses).
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Replicator code in Star Gate was iirc (it’s been a good while) the html/js for the royal bank of Canada (appropriate since it was mostly filmed in Canada).
now that's cool, the OG star gate movie? I watched SG-1 multiple times and watched the other ones too, too bad about the reboot being cancelled.
TV show, replicators didn’t show up in the movie, they were an Asgard/SG1 villain.
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#34I've often felt that Emacs is more popular in Japan than I'd expect. Could just be blue car syndrome on my part.
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#35There is some trainspotting I can identify with!
Fuuck. Did Spud use vim?
We know Sick Boy (Zero Cool) would be an emacs user.
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#36Not exactly an appearance, but I definitely give emacs a shout-out in the end notes of my new novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYCZJVGX
That sounds really interesting, would like to read it. Amazon is not an option for me though since they don't let you download your ebook files anymore. Any other way I can get a copy and pay you for it?
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#37Someone please make a Vim version.
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the great onscreen code moments was in Superman III ¹ where Richard Pryors’ character has written some “impossible” program and when the listing is shown on screen it’s pretty much five screens of BASIC REM statements. ⸻ 1. A movie which exists primarily to set up a joke in Office Space .
More great on screen code moments (I haven't got round to Superman III, yet): https://behind-the-screens.tv But Superman III is not just REM statements.
Waiting for him to get around to Jumpin' Jack Flash.
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#39Pfft. (neo)vim FTW ;)
Re: Emacs appearances in pop culture
#40Someone please make a Vim version.
Sadly no film or tv depiction exists because they ran out of film and budget waiting for the actor to figure out how to exit.