WP is and was wicked fast, and the blank screen, distraction free ui is amazing, the macro language is very powerful also.

There were law firms that used it well into the late 90s due to the amazing macros they had going. Think of the complicated Excel macros one hears about. Same thing, only with law firms and lawyers.

There are still people who run wordstar (which WP supplanted in the eighties).

I wouldn’t use it now, but is was an amazing product in its day.

My pops won't give it up. You laugh, as you open up vim.

I still occasionally use WordPerfect on my PS/2 when I want to get serious writing done. I don't have any multitasking set up, just plain DOS, so no internet or other distractions to occupy my time.

(and even if I could multitask, I doubt a 386SX is fast enough to handle an SSL handshake these days)

There's a lot of tech nostalgia for old software. Just for fun is plenty reason enough. I also bet there are people out there who prefer it. I wonder if it is snappier than Word? I just opened MS Word on a recent Mac and it took 5-7 seconds to open to a blank document, including requiring me to choose an option and click through first. Just saying.

that's true, however you're interfering with the weekly hackernews wordperfect nostalgia thread so we're going to have to politely ask you to leave