[pjmlp]

Another one, Linux did not exist in the 1980's.

Naturally the old workflows are achievable today, including the TUI craziness, as if curses and dialog never happened.

[BirAdam]

Sure, but people could also just use BSD. The point is not vim or Linux. The point is that what the author appears to enjoy, a simple editor and a book, is easily accomplished still today.