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Is there something strange about the way I think that makes me prefer
BLACKBEARD to word processors? Is it simply that BLACKBEARD does just what I
would expect it to do and does it with a simple mnemonic keystroke, or does
BLACKBEARD make the operator think like BLACKBEARD? No wonder my mailbox is
stuffed with offers to teach my secretary some well-advertised computer program
or another at a weeklong seminar costing only $999.99 [plus meals, lodging,
transportation, and tips for these ophioleum marketing engineers]. A pox on
computer salesmen! A viron on computer software salesmen!! A meme for
independent bitflippers.
Rumors in the shareware business have it that BLACKBEARD is deceased. I still
use an old version of it because I have set it up to personalize each
distribution copy of my software. I recommend QEdit and Boxer text editors
now. Text editors are for authors; word processors are for copyists.
I'd be ashamed to put my name on such an atrocity as the editor in QuickBASIC.
If you are tired of a rudimentary cut-paste-clipboard which all too often sends
your cuts (and finds too! Abominable) to byte hell, try one of the available
shareware text editors. Try before you buy.
And now a word from our sponsor:
"If you don't like EDIT, then we reccomend EDLIN." ;->
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