Vi clone written in BASIC proves old habits :wq hard
A few hundred lines of Yabasic recreate just enough to keep modal editing muscle memory alive
The veteran editor Vi turns 50 this year, and what better way to celebrate than to write a version in BASIC?
The code was created by Lee Tusman, wholikes to be a little out of step with the latest IT industry fads. Not strictlya professional programmer, Tusman, whose background is in art, began looking atBASIC in 2025. Specifically, Yabasic, an open source BASIC interpreter for Unixand Windows.
"For a modern BASIC, it's quite fun to use," Tusman wrote.
"I made my own cyber-hoss racing game, a command line game inspired by the UFO50 and Flash game Quibble Race. I alsotinkered with the internals of the text version of The Oregon Trail, and builta clone, a simple version of Dope Wars economic simulation game."
All of which brought Tusman to code up aversion of...
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