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Out of the box, Emacs is slower than vim, and this is part of the reason why Emacs isn't installed by default on distros. Serious users don't care about startup
by dfabulich 6y ago
Out of the box, Emacs is slower than vim, and this is part of the reason why Emacs isn't installed by default on distros. Serious users don't care about startup performance, but that helps to explain why Emacs isn't gaining new users. Emacs isn't the quickest and easiest way to edit a file.
- matthewbauer 6y agoIs a second vs. a half second much of a difference? I think users start noticing at about 5 seconds.
- j88439h84 6y agoI use vim for quick tasks because of the difference in startup time
- Gollapalli 6y agoUsers start noticing ~200 ms. A full second is huge.
- madhadron 6y agoYou're repeating this in several places, and it's not true. See my comment about POSIX above.