Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim
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Huge thread last week with lots of tributes and discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37011324
Ah, damn. I've seen this guy's name almost every day for my entire career, every time I open Vim to jot down some notes. Reading his website about his financial support and visits to Uganda was one of my very first introductions to the open source software community as a teen in the mid-2000s, back when I was still using Windows. RIP, Bram.
I had the privilege of interacting with Bram a few times through Github and he was always fast, thoughtful, and pragmatic. I know others who would say the same thing. His software will always be one of my favorites of all time.
Was there the usual banner posted here in mourning? I seem to have missed that. RIP. Love vim.
I remember watching his Google talk[0] several years ago while learning vim. RIP and thank you for your contributions.
What I think we really take for granted in CS is that, unlike most other fields, the very people who invented all of this stuff are still around and you can send them an email. It seems like we've come so far, yet we are still among the very first generation of software developers ever.
One of the best software I've used. A timeless standard for quality software. Rest in peace.
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Nothing against emacs but I've always been a vi/vim guy. Outstanding contribution by Moolenaar to the development world.
I remember my first experience with vim, back when I was trying out Linux for the first time in the 90s as a teenager. "What is vim? How do I even exit out of this thing? Who would even use this?"
Now it's "This code editor doesn't have vim keybindings? Uninstall..."
We all will finally get to :wq life and I'm glad he left such a lasting legacy before he did.
how terrible. I wonder what this means for the future of vim, especially in light of the popularity of neovim.
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