On Saturday, I swiped Weibo and saw a piece of news: the author of Vim, Dutch computer programmer Bram Moolenaar, died at the age of 62.
At this age, in this era, it is indeed a bit early to die.
Moolenaar is a Dutch software engineer who started developing the Vim editor in 1991 as an improved version of the popular Vi editor on Unix systems. Vim's name is the abbreviation of Vi Improved (Vi Improved). Moolenaar designed the Vim editor as a Charityware (charity software), that is, users can use and copy the Vim editor for free, but encourage users to donate to poor children in Uganda. Moolenaar is also the founder and founder of the Uganda Children's Care Foundation (ICCF). chairman.
So, you see, there is no doubt that Bram Moolenaar's open source spirit is second to none in the open source world. It is estimated that few people can use open source to support charity.
Moreover, if you have read the open source license of Moolenaar Vim, you will know that Vim is a charity software, and everyone can use and copy it freely.
And Vim is also called the god of editors by programmers, and this software is indeed a god-like existence.
How godlike is it? Let me tell you about my first experience with Vim.
I graduated from a computer science major. When I was in college, I remember that when I was taking Linux courses, there was a special chapter teaching you how to use Vim. At that time, it was the first time I felt that the editor could still play like this? Amazingly, it turns out that the contents of the file can also be manipulated through the command line.
At that time, as a novice, I felt magical and fun.
In the words of the industry, as long as a programmer is familiar with Vim, there is no one who does not love it.
Moreover, any Linux user can hardly bypass the command line, nor can he bypass the Vim editor.
Even in the programmer circle, there is often a "chain of contempt"-those who use Vim look down on those who use a graphical interface. Even though many jokes now revolve around the difficulty of Vim, such as "how to quit Vim", this also reflects its influence from the side to a certain extent.
Moreover, Vim also has a magical place, that is, no matter how popular and changing various editors are, Vim's market share has always been maintained at around 20%, for example: sublime was popular before, notepad++ was popular (the author of this software There is a problem with character), and vscode is popular now, but it has almost no impact on Vim.
It can be seen how big Bram Moolenaar's status and influence in the minds of programmers are in the open source world.
Now, Vim is like the pencil of the open source world, it's everywhere. It's just that the pencil sharpener is gone.
Click on the official account card below to follow me
In the official account dialog box, reply the keyword "1024"
Get a free practical tutorial on making money from sideline business
