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Congratulations for being special, 99% of academia uses Matlab, a simple GUI text-editor or something like Anaconda. Emacs is such a fundamentally different pa
by dtech 4y ago
Congratulations for being special, 99% of academia uses Matlab, a simple GUI text-editor or something like Anaconda.
Emacs is such a fundamentally different paradigm from all other IT tools/editors that it just doesn't make sense to recommend a specialized tool with a steep learning curve and non-transferable skills when it's not ubiquitous and more standard alternatives exist without it which do OK. It doesn't matter that emacs was historically the first and everyone else decided to go in different directions, that's just the reality of today.
- medo-bear 4y ago> non-transferable skills im curious which transferable skills you think Jupyter has > Emacs is such a fundamentally different paradigm from all other IT tools/editors its not. you use a mouse and click where you want your pointer to go. you use a keyboard to type > steep learning curve this is very much like saying that linux has a steep learning curve and you refuse to touch ubuntu because you are scared to blow up your computer
- scombridae 4y agomuch like saying that linux has a steep learning curve Most people do say that. What programmers cannot grasp is progress is about giving people what they want, not what is rationally best. Most scientists want to knock out a paper or presentation, and make it home on time for dinner.
- medo-bear 4y ago> Most scientists want to ... are you their union rep ?