I see that most of you out there in Internet-Land are using text editors that pale in comparison to the mighty ed. As I shall prove, ed is the only editor worthy of space on the space-conscious user’s drive. Of course, most people already know that anything produced by either Microsoft or Macintosh is sent straight by Satan to corrupt our precious bodily fluids. After all, the initials of the two corporations are MM, or 2000, the year the world was supposed to end! BUT NO WORLD THAT CONTAINS ED CAN END! Why? Satan is baroque and needs the unneeded details to hide his evil works. Ed is so simple, Satan has no place to hide his demonic deeds.
I’m not alone in my convictions. There is a site that agrees with me. With the simple title Ed is the standard text editor, this page strikes a blow for rationailty and the purity of our essences. The author of that tract must be one of the Illuminated. However, the person who gave it a place on the Internet is an EMACS partisan. EMACS partisans are deluded souls who believe that typing Ctrl-Alt-Meta-Esc-z is a fun way to spend their time. Fools. By labeling that Tract from Heaven a joke, the webmaster has shown the corruption of his bodily fluids.
There are others out there who are just as deluded. For example, FOLDOC says this:
INFIDELS!
Of course people use ed. At least, people who have seen the light use ed. USE ED! FORSAKE SATAN AND ALL HIS TOOLS!
