Fuck, reading all these comments i kind of feel we should have told him before he died how much we appreciated him…. :…(
Like there should be an open source lifetime achievement award or something. Like the academy awards.
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#212As a long time vim user. Thank you and RIP, Bram Moolenaar.
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#213Vim is fascinating because it revived a kind of wonky tool in vi. I remember learning about the command line and having to use original vi. It was weird. But Bram saw some underlying genius in the tool and revived it. Not just for vim itself, but all the vims, all the tools that have vim bindings, etc.
And such a genius name too: like Vi improved, but also vim, as in vim and vigor, a fantastic word to have as your companion programming.
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#214I've since switched to Neovim, but only for the LSP, virtually using it like I would with Vim. Can't imagine working without it, and probably won't enjoy programming as much if not for Vim. Thank you and RIP, Bram.
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#215here's hoping he had a .swp
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#216I discovered Vim around a decade ago when my IT career was just starting. Since having a friend walk me through how to use it, I have never stopped using it -- and it's not an exaggeration to say that I use it every day.
Vim is a piece of software that has changed my life. Rest in peace, Bram, you will be missed. Condolences to Bram's family.
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#217I think this is the first time I've shed an actual tear for a famous person passing away.. RIP Bram Moolenaar. Vim was life changing for me and continues to be for many.
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#218donated! thank you, Bram, for our beloved vim
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#219I met Bram in the Google Mountain View office. We chatted for over two hours. He was full of humility and curiosity and more interested in what I was working on (I was working on DistBelief back then). Hats off to a life full of impact and a legacy that will continue to impact programmers all over the world. RIP.
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#220RIP, such a loss