I think that Emacs solved a lot of important problems before others did. The rest of the world decided to reinvent and rename things, and they popularized some

I think that Emacs solved a lot of important problems before others did. The rest of the world decided to reinvent and rename things, and they popularized some of these things. Emacs held its ground, so now people who transition to Emacs from a different background might be confused. Emacs documents everything thoroughly, so it might take a whole weekend of reading to catch up and be productive. I think that Emacs is worth this extra time. The real number of confusing terminologies or technologies are probably only a dozen or two. And then there are hundreds of common concepts with a powerful implementation in Emacs. And some things that you still can’t do as cleanly with other tools. Especially things you’d need in cutting edge research.