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by jazzyjackson 2825 days ago
I'm glad there are Warhols doing their thing but I think the world would be worse off without Michelangelo.

awk, vim, whatever Dos 3.1 GUI the guys at B&H use to fulfill my orders, why shouldn't I expect to be using these programs in 50 years? They solve a problem and work every time.

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> why shouldn't I expect to be using these programs in 50 years?

No reason at all, if they still solve the same problem, they're still the best solution. The problem with 'problems' though, is that once they're cornered they tend to change into a whole new problem. A nasty one the current solution won't work for, usually.