Re: Happy birthday!

Bram and other Vim contributors,

Thanks so much for Vim - I love it! (I have been using it since the
beginning).

Phil.


On 2020-11-03 05:19, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Hello Vim users,
>
> 29 years ago the very first version of Vim was built and distributed.
> And Vim is more popular than ever before! So, what's going on these
> days?
>
>
> VIM 9 DEVELOPMENTS - MAKING VIM SCRIPT FASTER AND EASIER TO USE
>
> This is a big project. A lot of progress has been made, but it will
> take time until we'll have "version 1.0". To make it possible to
> compile a Vim script function, so that it can be executed 10-100 times
> faster, it was required to make changes that are not backwards
> compatible. Such as not having a dictionary and list for the function
> arguments, since that causes too much overhead for every function call.
>
> Once making changes that are not backwards compatible, it seemed like a
> good idea to also make it easier to use Vim script. Or in other words:
> "less weird". Using keywords and syntax that is similar to popular
> programming languages helps a lot. At the same time we can make the
> semantics more predictable and avoid mistakes. Type checking is a
> great
> help with that, especially when writing a large plugin.
>
> In case you don't like Vim 9 script, you can keep using the legacy one,
> it won't go away and remain backwards compatible.
>
>
> RELIABILITY - MAKING SURE VIM NEVER FAILS
>
> The functionality included with Vim for testing has been greatly
> improved. Besides unit testing, it is now also possible to write
> screendump tests. That is especially useful for highlighting and
> dynamic behavior, such as with completion.
>
> We now have continuous integration on three platforms. Neither of them
> is perfect, but together it gives very good coverage of systems and
> variations in configuration. The main challenge is to avoid flaky
> tests.
>
> Source code coverage is now at 88.75%. It keeps increasing, although
> it's getting harder to cover the last few lines, especially related to
> running out of memory. We have also several people running fuzzers and
> other tools to uncover problems.
>
> I dare to say that Vim is more reliable than ever before. Thanks to
> everybody who helped with that.
>
> Happy Vimming!
>
>
> --
> hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
> 178. You look for an icon to double-click to open your bedroom window.
>
> /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net
> \\\
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> http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
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> ///
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> ///
>
> --

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Philip Rhoades

PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: phil@pricom.com.au

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