**puffyrox 🔛🔝** @puffyrox · 2017-04-16T02:51:03Z

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When did vi become vim?

#vi #vim #serioushistoricalquestion

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**Nafrondel** @Nafrondel · Apr 16, 2017, 02:59

**Nafrondel** @Nafrondel · Apr 16, 2017, 02:59

@puffyrox About 25 years ago?
Vim = Vi iMproved.

**DialMforMara** @DialMforMara · Apr 16, 2017, 03:00

**DialMforMara** @DialMforMara · Apr 16, 2017, 03:00

@puffyrox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi#Contemporary_derivatives_and_clones

**Nafrondel** @Nafrondel · Apr 16, 2017, 10:58

**Nafrondel** @Nafrondel · Apr 16, 2017, 10:58

@DialMforMara @puffyrox https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/11/two-decades-of-productivity-vims-20th-anniversary/