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RE: Updated: ed-1.6-1

Christopher Faylor wrote on April 23, 2012 7:17 PM
>On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:44:23PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>>Christopher Faylor wrote on Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:59 PM
>>>I've made a new version of ed available for installation.  This version
>>>is a refresh from the currently released FSF version of this package.
>>
>>They're still updating ed!?!?!
>
>I was pretty surprised too.  I couldn't believe I'd missed several revisions.
>
>Who in the world still uses ed?

I was thinking more along the lines of "They are still finding bugs!?!?!" and
"They are still adding features!?!?!"

Can we agree that ed is a better exemplar of software that just won't go away than B20?

- Barry
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