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I guess I should have been more specific in my comment, I was primarily addressing the commenters to your posts that kept arguing for why new lispers should be
by cstejerean 19y ago
I guess I should have been more specific in my comment, I was primarily addressing the commenters to your posts that kept arguing for why new lispers should be pointed to Eclipse/CUSP instead of Emacs.
- pchristensen 19y agoSome people think it's not worth the trouble of learning Emacs, at least not while they're tasting Lisp. If more people had a positive experience while using Lisp, maybe more people would use it. When weighing the costs and benefits of using Lisp, I've never heard anyone say the benefit wasn't great, just that the cost was too high. Costs could include anything from lacking libraries, having to look for libraries, having to use Emacs, no standard implementation, etc. Some people might prefer Eclipse, who knows. I think they made enough good points that my new policy will be to recommend Emacs, but mention Cusp as an alternative.
- cstejerean 19y agoSounds like a fine policy. I'm curious what the numbers of people that learned Lisp in Eclipse will be 5 years from now.
- pchristensen 19y agoProbably very low. Until the entire environment gets easier, I think most people that successfully learn Lisp will be the most dedicated to it, and if they're that dedicated then they'll want a more powerful editor.