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Don't get me wrong, I use and love emacs, but I think it's a little silly to learn a new editor just because Steve Yegge says that all the "world changing" deve
by hendzen 15y ago
Don't get me wrong, I use and love emacs, but I think it's a little silly to learn a new editor just because Steve Yegge says that all the "world changing" developers use it. As with any tool, pick the editor that that
1) is suitable for your task
2) you are comfortable with.
Doesn't get any simpler than that.
- tikhonj 15y agoThe problem with that logic is that the best tools also tend to be the ones that take a bit of effort to become comfortable with. If you always go with what you're already familiar with, you'll never get anywhere. Also, it's pretty hard to judge how suitable a tool as versatile as Emacs is to your task without already being at least familiar with it. Ultimately, I'm a big fan of trying to use new stuff "just because". I've found some of my favorite tools this way: Haskell, Emacs and even Linux.