The 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

The 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.