[ale] Ongoing vim vs. emacs

[pete.hardie at gmail.com (Pete Hardie)]

2008/6/3 Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com>:
> New article out about something called cream to make vim easier for new
> users (maybe even the emacs folks that can't figure it out):
>
> http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/
>
> I like this from the article:
>
> "Vim has a tremendous amount of power, stability, and extensibility to offer
> users (Emacs? ahhh, not so much)"
>
> Let the flames begin?

Interesting.  While I'm a hardcore vi/vim fan, I've never seen anyone
claim emacs was *less* powerful and extendable
than anything else.  Emacs just lets you extend it yourself until
you've overextended yourself.

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> J
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