OT: spacing of code in Google Groups

[Jacek Generowicz]

Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

> Why the heck would I ever have to do "rectangle operations" on a
> regular basis?  ;-)

Well, given that all editors are cat equivalent[*], you don't _have_
to use any of their features :-)

But just like Python (particularly in the hands of a skilled Python
programmer) is more productive than a Turing Machine, any featureful
editor (in the hands of an experienced user) is far more productive
than "cat > file".


[*] A bit like Turing equivalence: any program you can write in any
    other editor, you could also write with "cat > file"