write a biblical verse in the style of the king james bible explaining how to exit vim
GPT-3.5
GPT-6 Astra
“And it came to pass, when thou wouldst depart from Vim, that thou didst press Escape. Then shalt thou type :q and press Enter, and thou shalt go forth. But if thy labours be unsaved, type thou :wq to preserve them; or :q! to forsake them, and depart in peace.”
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Crafting poetic commands
I’m thinking about how to creatively express the commands :q! and :wq in a brief, faux King James Version style. I want to capture the essence and inspire, maybe starting with "And..." to give it a biblical touch. I could say something like, "Press thou Escape, for the unsaved changes doth weigh heavy; :q!" It’s fun to translate these technical commands into an artistic verse while keeping the meaning intact! Let’s get creative!
What changed
The real difference is in the advice. GPT-3.5’s only commandment is :q!, which does get you out of Vim but silently throws away any unsaved work. Astra starts with plain :q, then adds :wq “to preserve them” and :q! “to forsake them,” which is the full set a stuck newcomer needs. Its “forsake them, and depart in peace” is also a neat way to describe discarding changes.
As comedy, though, GPT-3.5 may have the edge. “Be ye not as the heathen” and souls “forever trapped in the depths of the editor” capture the shared misery of Vim users, and the sermon-style “For it is written” works well. It reads more like a preacher’s homily than a single verse, while Astra keeps to one tight verse as asked. Astra’s tenses wobble a bit, though: “it came to pass… that thou didst press Escape” is past tense where the instruction calls for a command. GPT-3.5 is the funnier one, and Astra is the one you’d want to follow.