I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.
The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren't that good. The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren't interested in maintaining it.
I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.