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Ravi,
TECO was implemented on almost all the DEC operating systems. I liked it because it didn't matter whether I was using RSTS, RSX, RT11, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, or VMS, it was still pretty much the same editor. You must have encountered it on VMS. I believe there was even an implementation for Windows.
Yes, TECO and EMACS are similar in philosophy.
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Yes, I saw it in the early days of VMS (2.0).
/ravi
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I dunno, my experience has been the use of the Esc keycode to start a series of device command characters, you know, Esc Sequences? Something that is considered FM (not frequency modulation, F**king Magic) nowadays.
Many have been the times my employers have snagged me to create them because they had no idea what they were or how to use them.
Before WYSIWYG, if you wanted bold or italics, you had to embed esc sequences in the character streams to the printers. Or to generate barcode, or have a printer connected to a terminal and you wanted something printed instead of displayed on the terminal.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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BrainiacV wrote: I dunno, my experience has been the use of the Esc keycode to start a series of device command characters
I think we're both old as dirt. 
I did a lot of hacking using ESC codes on the VT100, VT102 and VT50 (graphics terminal). I still remember ESC[K (erase to end of line) and ESC[2J (erase entire line without moving cursor), ESC[H (move cursor to start of line, and other equally (now) useless information.
/ravi
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As my grandchildren say, "No confession, no case."
No, wait..
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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If the astronauts in “2001: A Space Odyssey” had an ESC key, Dennerlein points out, they could have stopped the rogue computer Hal in an instant.
A nice reminder that robots must have an Esc button also.
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Sometimes Visual Studio will show an assembly reference path incorrectly when inspecting the properties. Example: the reference path might show /projecta/bin when in actual fact the path is ../packages/something. Also if Visual Studio is unable to find an assembly reference it will display the path as "". Accurate References will parse the Solution and its Project to show you the actual assembly path. All your references are belong to... you!
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Not "Service References"!
(Feeling smart)
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Basically, Doppio is a project to get Java running in the browser without plugins. It includes an implementation of the Java Virtual Machine (VM), as well as an in browser compiler and bytecode disassembler. It is still a work in progress and performance obviously needs improvement before it is ready to be used in production. JVM in the browser could be used to run a multitude of languages and existing programs.
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ReadEvalPrintλove.org is a site devoted to Lisp advocacy. Herein you will find curated information, links, tutorials, videos, images and other sundreys related to various Lisp implementations. Lisp fans, this site is just for you.
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