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by JoeAltmaier 3312 days ago
Yet I resent every time I have to use grep, instead of a tool integrated with my IDE. Certainly those baroque old tools have their detractors too. That they survive so long (like vi and emacs) due to cults, not objective evaluation?
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oneeyedpigeon 3312 days ago
I use sublime text as my main editor, but I still need to use vi from time-to-time - e.g. when ssh'ing to a remote server. That's definitely an objective need, unless you can offer an alternative that is just as widely available.
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hibbelig 3312 days ago
De gustibus non disputandem.

I like grep... It does not do the same thing as Ctrl+F in my editor, but that's fine.

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