[Info-vax] Intel proposal to simplify x86-64

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/7/2023 8:00 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 08/06/2023 00:29, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I suspect that VMS editor choice somewhat correlates
>> with year of birth.
>>
>>               TECO           EDT          EVE          VMS IDE
>>      -1960    few/none       most         some         none
>> 1960-1970    none           some         most         few
>> 1970-1980    none           few          most         some
>> 1980-1990    none           none         most         some
>> 1990-        none           none         some         most
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> And if VSI has the same impression then they know what to focus
>> on to be ready for in 5 years, in 10 years and in 20 years!
> 
> I would guess that many more would EVE since 1990, and possibly LSE as 
> well, which of course is based in EVE

I totally forgot about LSE. But I guess we can lump EVE and LSE
together as they are from the same era.

I don't think LSE ever became super popular. Not that great. And
in the old days pretty expensive.

> Although I did have a sysadmin who even tried to load Vi(m) onto out 
> Itanium in the late noughties. Silly bu$$er!

There has always been a few vi and emacs users on VMS.

Arne