> That's contrary to the old saying: a bad workman always blames his tools That is not what that means. If GP had said "I cannot write good code in Emacs", th

> That's contrary to the old saying: a bad workman always blames his tools That is not what that means. If GP had said "I cannot write good code in Emacs", that'd be a poor craftsman blaming their tools. But saying "this tool is not as effective as this other tool" is a thing that good craftsmen do. (I'm not addressing the original claim, just meta-meta-critiquing your meta-critique).