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		gldrk 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023) Terminals are full of legacy bloat, but TUIs don’t have to be. I don’t think Borland IDEs used ANSI.SYS. How is graphical vim even different from TUI vim? At least Emacs can render images.

bitwize 3 months ago [–]

Even 68k-based systems running in single digit megahertz could run full featured terminal emulation and have a lot of other stuff going too. There's legacy stuff in terminals, but compared to all the other stuff you've got going (Wayland, GTK, frickin' browser engine) it isn't bloated.

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