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The main problem with emacs is that while it's praised for being a programmable lisp environment, it's not a really good one. It doesn't have widgets, decent r
by ernst_klim 6y ago
The main problem with emacs is that while it's praised for being a programmable lisp environment, it's not a really good one.
It doesn't have widgets, decent rendering engine with scene graph and hardware accel, it's single threaded, the language is clunky. You really can't make decent applications in emacs, only text with embedded images and primitive buttons, that blocks and stalls all the time.
It really needs some major update.
- Smithalicious 6y agoI don't think Emacs needs to be GTK
- ernst_klim 6y agoEmacs needs to be contemporary framework, implementing modern ideas of how to organize and optimize stuff. Software engineering and hardware advanced a lot in the previous 40 years in all the directions: PLs, GC algorithms, UI rendering. If Emacs wouldn't be a contemporary technology, people would simply choose another editor.