One night there was a storm, and Master Wq’s house
collapsed. The next morning he began to build it again using
his old tools. His novice came to help him, and they built
for a while and were making good progress. As they worked,
the novice began to tell Master Wq of his latest
accomplishments.
"Master, I have developed a wonderful Vim script to give all
sorts of useful information about a document. It counts the
words, the sentences, the paragraphs, and even tells you
what kind of document it is using the syntax highlighting
rules. I use it in my pipelines all the time. It is a thing
of beauty, and I am very proud. Truly, Vim is the greatest
tool!"
Master Wq did not reply. Thinking he had unwittingly angered
his master, the novice fell silent and continued his work.
The novice finished aligning two beams and had positioned a
nail ready for beating into the wood, but found the hammer
was out of reach.
