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The text editor (EDT) was so far above and beyond editors on IBM mainframes it was like being given a gift (when writing programs). EDT was, in many ways, far superior to any of today's WORD processing programs.

Ahhh, please. EDT was the text editor of n00bs and users. LSE was the programmers text editor. LSE would practically debug your code as you went along.

You seriously don't believe EDT is better in any way to Word, do you? If this were so, Microsoft wouldn't be where it is today and WordPerfect or WordStar would still be used by people who have never heard of Novell. Remember 20/20, or should I call it the inspiration for Excel?

If anyone wonders why Security set-up on Windows networks appears redundant or contradictory, it's because they hired all the DEC people to write it.

Ah, the "editor wars" go on even when the machines don't exist anymore. Makes me want it all back. I loved those minis, every one of the things.

Cut my teeth on the IBM 1130. My processor list is as long as an orangutan's arm.

I did not get the opportunity to use LSE.

EDT was easy to learn.
The 10-key pad in conjunction with 'alt' activated over 30 commands. Your original file was always kept intact. You could have (on the DEC) as many 'versions' of file as you wanted.

My statement about it being better than WP today was meant to refer to the power and speed of it's commands.

I find nothing in WP softwares that let's you do a FIND AND REPLACE based on LOOKS LIKE. And only by creating macros can you perform multiple operations.

I use an IBM mainframe, and the editor on it sucks bigtime.