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Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by dragonwriter »

The_Colonel wrote: post #338
Gibbon1 wrote: post #322

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also creating abstractions without considering the mental overhead of reasoning about what the code is doing. Not enterprise: event --> action. Enterprise: event --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> action_parta --> abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction --> action_partb abstraction --> abstraction --> abstraction -->…

I sometimes wonder if people believe that enterprise devs create abstractions for "fun" without having any rational reason.

No, but they often do it out of cargo culting (sometimes by the individual dev, sometimes by the bureaucratic conmittee of ex-enterprise-coders and managers-who-have-read-about-coding that adopted the mandatory coding standards) without any rational reason.

Source: seeing it from the inside.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by low_tech_punk »

I'm still teaching GPT to understand Bram's magic. It is a work in progress, in memory of our Bram.

```gpt4.out

Bram Moolenaar, gone,

VIM's mastermind fades to black,

:wq, his final song.

In modes, he danced free,

Insert, normal, visual,

Code's choreography.

H, J, K, L's guide,

Cursor moved, not the fingers,

His wisdom inside.

Undo, redo, swap,

Infinite text maze tamed,

His legacy, non-stop.

Bram's journey, :q! done,

Yet in each VIM keystroke,

His spirit lives on.

```

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by 1letterunixname »

SpaghettiCthulu wrote: post #440
1letterunixname wrote: post #430

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Well from your low karma, I know you're a troll.

They have 1.0303 points for every comment compared to your 1.0407. That's not a difference to be boasting about. What you might want to criticize instead is how young their account is (first comment was mid June).

So you're a moralizing stalker. Do you work in law enforcement or have a need to control people? Or is this your other account?

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by faisalhackshah »

Vim has been a great companion in my life, thanks Bram. People wonder why this 30 year old piece of software is so beloved. Most will never know.

I enjoy typing 'vim' to start it up. I've created aliases for other programs, but not vim. 'v' would work quite well in my setup. I love those 3 letters.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by SpaghettiCthulu »

1letterunixname wrote: post #443
SpaghettiCthulu wrote: post #440

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have 1.0303 points for every comment compared to your 1.0407. That's not a difference to be boasting about. What you might want to criticize instead is how young their account is (first comment was mid June).

So you're a moralizing stalker. Do you work in law enforcement or have a need to control people? Or is this your other account?

> So you're a moralizing stalker.

Do you think I went through and counted everything? No, the app I use just tells me the total points and comment count for users. Does that really make me a stalker?

> Do you work in law enforcement or have a need to control people?

What an utter waste of words.

> Or is this your other account?

Not quite sure what this is supposed to mean. Are you accusing me being the other guy's alt? What would the point of that even be?

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