[geeks] grr AT

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:09:17 (-0400), Michael Conlen wrote: ]
> Subject: RE: [geeks] grr AT
>
> I'm at a conference with the person who invited me, Andy Greenberg, by the
> registration table when Don Knuth walks in
> 
> Don: "Hey Andy! How's things going" (I'm thinking he knows you?!)
> Andy: "Great. Don, this is someone I want you to meet. Don, this is Mike
> Conlen"
> Don: "Nice to meet you. So Mike, what do you do?"
> Me: "I'm a professional vi user, so usually software engineering or sys
> admin work" (I was unemployed at the time)
> Don: "Oh, I use emacs."
> 
> Don walks away and I can't get my jaw unlocked and off the floor... ...I
> thought Don had more sense then that.

He does -- and that's the point!  No self respecting emacs user can
continue a conversation with someone they've just learned is a vi user.

(at least not without laughing at them!  ;-)

[[ oops -- forgot the warning:  "Editor wars are imminent!" ]]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!!

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