"ed is the standard text editor." Line taken from the original {Unix}
manual page on ed, an ancient line-oriented editor that is by now
used only by a few {Real Programmer}s, and even then only for batch
operations. The original line is sometimes uttered near the beginning
of an emacs vs. vi holy war on {Usenet}, with the (vain) hope to
quench the discussion before it really takes off. Often followed by a
standard text describing the many virtues of ed (such as the small
memory {footprint} on a Timex Sinclair, and the consistent (because
nearly non-existent) user interface).
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