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So, in other words, it is? I mean yanking and killing are cut and paste by any reasonable standard.

Apart from the fact you have a kill ring you can edit like any other file sure. In the same vein a car is a tricycle.

What is an editor in "modern parlance" then?

Something that let's you press keys really fast.

So how is an editor with macros not "[s]omething that let's you press keys really fast"?

This is such a flamebait-y throwaway