John Summerfield wrote:
Jeremy Katz wrote:
You have the right idea, but Base and Core backwards. And really,and right there is part of the problem. The absolute minimum maintainable set should be "minimum."It needs a text editor, and the one history tells us should be there is vi (not that johnny-come-lately nano that some install).
*cough* ed *cough* ;) -dmc
I don't care whether the practical minimum is "base" or "core," and I think I'm not alone in being unable to see the difference between the terms.