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I love it when old-timers weigh in on HN comments. What do you use these days?
by herodoturtle 6y ago
I love it when old-timers weigh in on HN comments.
What do you use these days?
- DyslexicAtheist 6y agonot OP, but Emacs ofc [1] [1] why on earth would they go through the traumatic change of reprogramming their muscle memory after so many years? it would be like a wizard that voluntarily gives their power away. like a father sacrificing his own child.
- intrasight 6y agoEmacs of course ;) Gosh, "old timer" :(
- herodoturtle 6y agoApologies for my poor choice of wording! Here in South Africa we typically use "old-timer" to refer to someone who is very experienced. My comment was expressed with the utmost respect I assure you :)
- intrasight 6y agoI didn't take it as a derogatory label. My emoji was just my own self reflection on the years gone by.
- intrasight 6y agoStarted with Gosmacs. Working in the CMU graduate terminal room with the man himself. I was just a freshman undergraduate, but a graduating student gifted a coveted X1 key to me. Mostly coveted due to the coke machine. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/history_long.txt https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/history_long.txt
- herodoturtle 6y agoWhat a wonderfully entertaining read that was :) Sounds like the culture in the CMU CS department was pretty great. Thank you for sharing this historical gem with us.
- dhimes 6y agoedlin Why fix what ain't broke? /s
- john4532452 6y agoAlso, conversely whom Emacs is attracting these days. One interesting data point i came across is this philosophy dude protesilaos.com/ . Amazing youtube videos on Emacs and he has unique view from the point of philosopher for Emacs.