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Posted Oct 20, 2025 20:33 UTC (Mon) by jzb (editor, #7867)
In reply to: Alternatives by daroc
Parent article: Transition of RubyGems Repository Ownership

Or, you know, just not have arguments in the comments at all. Radical idea, I know, but I thought I'd throw it out there in case it caught on. 🙂

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Posted Oct 21, 2025 8:15 UTC (Tue) by taladar (subscriber, #68407) [Link] (2 responses)

Next thing you are going to suggest we should stop having the same arguments over and over again in circles in both politics and software religious wars like vim vs. Emacs, huh?

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Posted Oct 21, 2025 9:27 UTC (Tue) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]

Pffft... you're all wrong. JOE is the best.

(my first editor was 'Tasword' on the Amstrad, Tasword had Wordstar-ish UI... I couldn't get on with Vi or Emacs, but JOE with its similarly wordstar-ish UI just felt right).

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Posted Oct 25, 2025 19:08 UTC (Sat) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link]

Asking people not to argue about Vim vs. Emacs would be like asking people not to argue about St. Louis Cardinals vs. the Cubs, or Beatles vs. Stones. I would never do that, so long as folks kept it civil.