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Subject: Re: [9fans] sam vs acme
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:55:04 +0000
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Mike Haertel wrote:
> ...  What makes "sam -r" so compelling?  ...

Because it works really slick with a very limited capability remote
host.  I used it that way with a pseudo-Blit connected over dialup
to a minicomputer to edit large collections of files hosted on a
supercomputer.  It beat all other available methods of editing
those files under those conditions.